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QANTAS have had 14 fatal accidents over their history. The most common claim is that they have never suffered a jet hull loss, which is technically correct as
by dingaling 3y ago
QANTAS have had 14 fatal accidents over their history.
The most common claim is that they have never suffered a jet hull loss, which is technically correct as they paid over $100 million to repair 747 VH-OJH instead of letting it be written-off:
https://imgur.com/a/LucEz https://imgur.com/a/LucEz
- VBprogrammer 3y agoI sometimes wonder if this is all just hubris or if there are genuine lessons Qantas could share with the rest of the industry. Certainly they have a good enough maintenance program to avoid something like AS261 but everything else seems like it would involve a lot of luck.
- wil421 3y agoIt’s a quote from Rain Man and it was not true at the time of the movie either. Great marketing.