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The incidents between 1942 and 1944 were during World War II, when Qantas Empire Airways operated on behalf of the military. [3] While strictly speaking not accidents, the shootdowns of G-AETZ and G-AEUH are included for completeness. In 2014 and 2023, Qantas was rated the world's safest airline by Airline Ratings. [4]
Richard Champion de Crespigny AM (/ ˈ k r ɛ p. n iː / KREP-nee) (born 31 May 1957) is an Australian Qantas pilot and author who served as pilot-in-command of Qantas Flight 32 and was widely praised for his cockpit resource management during the emergency with his crew (first officer Matt Hicks, second officer Mark Johnson, check captain Harry Wubben, and check captain David Evans).
Qantas Flight 30; Qantas Flight 32; Qantas Flight 72; QantasLink Flight 1737; 1954 BOAC Lockheed Constellation crash; Q. 1942 Qantas Short Empire shootdown
A friend has left a touching tribute for a “beautiful” woman who died unexpectedly onboard a Qantas flight.
Qantas Flight 30, on 25 July 2008, a Boeing 747-438 operated by Qantas, construction number 25067, registration VH-OJK, was a scheduled flight from London Heathrow to Melbourne with a stopover in Hong Kong. The flight was interrupted on the Hong Kong leg by an exploding oxygen tank that ruptured the fuselage just forward of the starboard wing root.
The pilots of the damaged Qantas Airways (QUBSF) Airbus A380 jet may have prevented disaster when the plane was forced to return to Singapore, investigators say. The pilots had to deal with more ...
Qantas Flight 72 (QF72) was a scheduled flight from Singapore Changi Airport to Perth Airport by an Airbus A330.On 7 October 2008, the flight made an emergency landing at Learmonth Airport near the town of Exmouth, Western Australia, following an inflight accident that included a pair of sudden, uncommanded pitch-down manoeuvres that caused severe injuries—including fractures, lacerations ...
Independent Air Flight 1851 crashed 8 February 1989 on approach to Santa Maria Airport in the Azores, due to pilot and air traffic control errors. All 144 on board died. All 144 on board died. Martinair Flight 495 crashed on landing at Faro Airport 21 December 1992 after flying through two microbursts . 56 people on board were killed.