> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (snip) > Quantas was the only major airline not to have had a crash involving fatality. > (snip)
Not strictly true, but an example of good spin doctoring. Qantas hasn't "crashed" a large modern jet, but it did lose a small propliner in New Guinea in the late '50s or early '60s. They've also lost a small commuter plane on a feeder route in more recent times, IIRC, although that subsidiary airline went by a different name. A few years ago one of their 747-400s aquaplaned off the runway in a severe rain squall when landing in Bangkok. Although there were a few minor injuries during the evacuation, and no fatalities, the aircraft was a total write-off. Photos are at: http://tinyurl.com/6c5kv regards, Anthony Farr
