Hmm, that's not good...
Oct. 8th, 2008 05:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
khiemtranAir safety investigators say there was an "irregularity" in the on-board computer equipment of a Qantas plane involved in a mid-air incident between Singapore and Perth.
The Airbus A330-300, with 303 passengers and a crew of 10, struck what the airline described as a "sudden change in altitude" north of its destination yesterday.
Fourteen people seriously injured, some with broken bones. At least it's a salutary lesson on the importance of wearing a seatbelt. And my next flight is on an A330 too, although not Qantas. Now, if the typhoons will just behave...
The Airbus A330-300, with 303 passengers and a crew of 10, struck what the airline described as a "sudden change in altitude" north of its destination yesterday.
Fourteen people seriously injured, some with broken bones. At least it's a salutary lesson on the importance of wearing a seatbelt. And my next flight is on an A330 too, although not Qantas. Now, if the typhoons will just behave...
