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San Jose Mercury News - Sat Jul 26, 4:42 am EDT
MANILA, Philippines - The 346 passengers were cruising at 29,000 feet Friday when an explosive bang shook the Qantas jumbo jet.
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EARTHtimes.org - Sat Jul 26, 1:22 am EDT
Manila - Australian airline Qantas will dispatch a team to the Philippines to investigate an accident that tore the fuselage of a Boeing 747 jet carrying more than 350 people on board, officials said Saturday. The plane made an emergency landing at t...
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New London Day - Sat Jul 26, 6:46 am EDT
Manila, Philippines - The 346 passengers were cruising at 29,000 feet Friday when an explosive bang shook the Qantas jumbo jet. The plane descended
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KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma - Fri Jul 25, 6:47 pm EDT
A Boeing jumbo jet made an emergency landing in the Philippines Friday with a huge hole in its fuselage. The Qantas flight No. 30 was on its way to Melbourne, Australia, from London, had just made a stopover in Hong Kong when the incident happened.
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The Florence Times-Daily - Sat Jul 26, 5:41 am EDT
The Qantas plane, en route from Hong Kong to Melbourne, Australia, was forced to land when the cabin decompressed.
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The Aero-News Network - Sat Jul 26, 5:10 am EDT
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Jul 25, 4:45 am EDT
A Qantas Airways plane made an emergency landing in Manila on Friday after part of its undercarriage blew off, triggering a loss in cabin pressure during a flight from Hong Kong to Melbourne.
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TG Daily - Fri Jul 25, 5:49 pm EDT
A Qantas jumbo jet made an emergency landing after a faulty door exploded open during flight. Qantas Flight 30 from Hong Kong to Melbourne had to quickly descend 20000 feet and eventually landed in Manila. All 346 passengers and 19 crew on the Boeing 747 aircraft were not hurt.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Fri Jul 25, 6:50 pm EDT
Northwest Airlines' credit rating got a downgrade from Standard & Poor's on Friday, prompted by high fuel costs and expectations that the airline could erode cash reserves in coming months and lose money this year. The credit rating company lowered Northwest's long-term corporate credit rating a notch further into junk, to B from B+ with a negative outlook. A lower credit rating can reduce a ...
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Jul 25, 3:17 am EDT
A Qantas Airways plane made an emergency landing in Manila on Friday after plunging thousands of feet and losing cabin pressure during a flight from Hong Kong to Melbourne.
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USA Today - Fri Jul 25, 9:30 am EDT
The Guardian of London runs a story today that takes a look at Qantas' generally well-regarded safety reputation, a report that comes amid this morning's news that one of the airline's Boeing 747 made an emergency landing in the Philippines...
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USA Today - Fri Jul 25, 9:12 am EDT
A London-bound Qantas Boeing 747-400 carrying 365 passengers and crew made an emergency landing in the Philippines this morning "after a loud bang punched a hole" in the jet's fuselage, according to The Associated Press. The New York Times (free...
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Akron Beacon Journal - Sat Jul 26, 1:40 am EDT
MANILA, PHILIPPINES: The 346 passengers were cruising at 29,000 feet Friday when an explosive bang shook the Qantas jumbo jet. The plane descended rapidly. Oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling as debris flew through the cabin from a hole that had suddenly appeared in the floor.
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UPI - Fri Jul 25, 11:34 am EDT
MANILA, Philippines, July 25 (UPI) -- The hole blown out of a Qantas Airways London-to-Melbourne flight Friday may have been caused by a bomb or damaged fuselage, aviation experts say.
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AP via Yahoo! Finance - Fri Jul 25, 10:55 am EDT
A hole the size of a small car in the underside of a Qantas jumbo jet carrying 346 passengers over the South China Sea forced the pilot to make an emergency landing Friday after a rapid descent.