Qantas A380 Slat Delamination

During the afternoon of Wednesday 10 December, 'The Australian' and 'The Age' have finally run a story (online) about A388 VH-OQC's loss of a wing slat (see above).

'The Age' story makes no mention of the actress who broke the story. 'The Australian' mentions her. A possible explanation is the story originally appeared in 'Herald Sun' that like 'The Oz' is a News Ltd publication.

Both carry former Oz Ambassador to the USA Joe Hockey's reaction about QF12 being cancelled on 7 December as 'You must be kidding'. (Mr Hockey was apparently accommodated on another flight, details unknown).
 
During the afternoon of Wednesday 10 December, 'The Australian' and 'The Age' have finally run a story (online) about A388 VH-OQC's loss of a wing slat (see above).

'The Age' story makes no mention of the actress who broke the story. 'The Australian' mentions her. A possible explanation is the story originally appeared in 'Herald Sun' that like 'The Oz' is a News Ltd publication.

Both carry former Oz Ambassador to the USA Joe Hockey's reaction about QF12 being cancelled on 7 December as 'You must be kidding'. (Mr Hockey was apparently accommodated on another flight, details unknown).
I like the fact that Hockey’s message mentions a special VIP Service team that are working to rebook him as he’s probably CL (unlike the rest of us which were left stranded)
 
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