Qantas Accused of Safety Cover-Up

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Qantas accused of safety cover-up - Travel - smh.com.au

SENIOR management at Qantas have been accused of covering up a serious maintenance flaw on a Boeing 747-400 by pressuring an engineer to change his finding that a crack in the jet's frame had been painted over.
The original safety report, completed after a check on the aircraft at Qantas's heavy maintenance base at Melbourne's Avalon Airport in May, and obtained by the Herald, shows that an engineer found a crack that "appears to have been previously covered over with sealant and paint". However, in the final version of the report, also obtained by the Herald, the reference to the crack being painted over has been removed.