In-Flight Emergency Involving a Qantas 747-400 Near Manila on 25 July 2008

http://qantas.airsafe.org - AirSafe.com creator Dr. Todd Curtis reviews the initial information about a Qantas rapid decompression event over the Pacific Ocean which led to a diversion to Manila. Dr. Curtis also discusses possible causes of the event, as well as selected previous episodes where an airliner had a decompression event coupled with a loss of part of the fuselage. For more information about this event, please visit AirSafe.com at http://www.airsafe.com

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Travel & Events

Tags:

• china
• decompression
• diver
• fuselage
• hong
• incident
• kong
• manila
• melbourne
• qantas
• rapid
• root
• sea
• south
• wing

[zkpilot]

Current speculation to the most likely cause is a O2 bottle regulator rupture causing the bottle to be fired like a missile out of the aircraft.

[luisedgarmv]

huh? how do you say it?

[alexseh9]

if those people were wearing their seat belts they may have not been sucked out

[rvdfamilyguy]

i will never fly with QUantas always have horible problems going on >_>

[mrbeanaswell]

Because they're stupid and ignorant, and a bunch of idiots.

[Killersepp]

So is Boeing, genius.

[yesjeff]

why do americans have to say the city then country - Melbourne AUSTRALIA, Paris FRANCE, London ENGLAND....lol

[totenkopf999]

it is subsidized by the guvmint

[robscars123]

is not

[totenkopf999]

airbus is socialist built scrap