Oxygen cylinder focus for Qantas investigators
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Investigations into the likely cause offuselage damage on a Qantas passenger jet are centring on a possible oxygencylinder explosion, the BBC has reported. No-one was hurt in the incident,which ripped a 2.5x3m hole in the bodywork of the Boeing 747 aircraft en routefrom London to Melbourne.
Incident investigator Neville Blyth said acylinder was missing from the plane but it was “too early to say whether thiswas the cause of the explosion”. However Qantas ordered the inspection everyoxygen bottle on its Boeing 747 fleet.
“At this stage, there is no evidencewhatsoever that this is a security-related event,” Mr Blyth, a seniorinvestigator from the Australian Transport and Safety Bureau, told a newsconference in Manila.”This is being treated as a safety investigation,” he added.
Passengers on Qantas flight QF30 describedhearing a large bang and feeling a rush of wind and debris through the cabinabout an hour after leaving Hong Kong at 0900local time on Friday. The plane made an emergency landing at Manila, with all 360 passengers and crewreported safe.
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