Special Qantas investigation launched

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Special Qantas investigation launched | The Australian

THE aviation watchdog has formed a special team to investigate Qantas amid growing public concern the airline's safety standards may have slipped.

The decision comes after the captain of a Qantas 767 flight made an emergency landing at Sydney Airport yesterday after discovering a hydraulic fluid leak.

It was the third Qantas plane in just over a week to make an emergency landing because of a mid-air fault.

 

[Mal]

Oh wow. An investigation kicked off for (what seems to me to be political reasons - probably caused by media pressure) to show people what the smart ones already know... Qantas is a safe airline!

 

[straitman]

As I commented elsewhere earlier. I really thing it is two emergency landings as an undercarriage door failing to close hardly qualifies as a an emergency.

Now if the door had jammed closed and failed to open then that would qualify.

 

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About Qantas - Newsroom

Qantas today said it would work with the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) on the latest review it planned for some of the airline's operations.

The Executive General Manager of Qantas Engineering, Mr David Cox, said Qantas had a long and respected history of safety, engineering and maintenance excellence, and that the flying public should have confidence in the airline.