On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 23:35:18 +1000, Anthony Farr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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 > That's still a pretty damned good safety record, if you axe me... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
