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Re: This is how I heard it...
Posted by BUZ on Wed May 15, 2002 09:15:28 AM
In reply top Re: This is how I heard it... posted by Mike Henniger on Wed May 15, 2002 07:28:19 AM
QANTAS have had more accidents than you can poke a stick at.
They seem to have one in the kitchen everytime they prepare food for the flights!!!!!!
Anyhow they do have a good record for keeping passengers in one piece and arriving at their destinations hope they keep it up.
: I thought it was, "never lost an aircraft in an accident".
: In the last year or so a Quantas 747 skidded off the end
: of a wet runway. There was substantial damaged to the fo
: rward fuselage. Now my memory is a little cloudy on this,
: but I think I read in Aviation Week that the insurance co
: mpany was ready to write off the plane, but Quantas opted
: to repair (rebuild?) so they could maintain their claim of
: never having lost an aircraft.
:
: Not poking fun at Quantas. I don't fly often, but when ev
: er I do I wish it could be with Quantas on every flight wi
: th a reputation like that!
:
: Mike
:
:
: : Hi Guys,
: : Just like to correct something here ( as this fallacy is
: m
: : istakenly repeated over and over again on different webs
: it
: : es and forums).
: : The statement that Qantas has never had an accident is i
: nc
: : orrect. "Has never had a FATAL accident" is true.
: :
: : Believe me, this is not a Qantas bash by any means. The
: y
: : have a wonderful history, and I have the utmost respect
: fo
: : r them.
: :
: : With Regards
: : Tracey
: :