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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]
List of Qantas fatal accidents; 0–9. Qantas Flight 1; Qantas Flight 30; Qantas Flight 32; Qantas Flight 72; QantasLink Flight 1737; 1954 BOAC Lockheed Constellation ...
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 ...
List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1943–1944) List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1945–1949) List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1950–1954) List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1955–1959) List of accidents and incidents involving military ...
The 1942 Qantas Short Empire shoot-down was an incident that occurred in the early days of the Pacific War during World War II. A Short Empire flying boat airliner, Corio , operated by Qantas was shot down by Japanese aircraft off the coast of West Timor , Dutch East Indies , on 30 January 1942, killing 13 of the occupants.
The plane left the Sydney airport at about 12.35pm but just four minutes after take off it changed its direction and halted its ascent. It circled in the sky before returning safely to the airport ...
A timeline of the Washington, D.C., plane crash on Jan. 29 details the moments before and after an American Airlines passenger flight and Army helicopter collided over the Potomac.
All 200 people on board the aircraft perished in the deadliest plane crash in Uzbekistan as well as the deadliest plane crash involving a Tupolev Tu-154. Aeroflot Flight 505 – Shortly after take-off from Tashkent , the Yakovlev Yak-40 banked sharply to the right and crashed, killing all 9 people on board.