Straight up first paragraph ............................

Qantas plane makes emergency landing

THE captain of a Qantas 767 flight was forced to dump fuel before making
an emergency landing at Sydney Airport today due to a hydraulic leak in
the controls.

It is the third mid-air emergency for the carrier in the past week, but
air authorities say there is nothing to suggest any link between the
incidents or any lowering of safety standards.

A leak in the wing was detected on the Manila-bound Qantas flight QF19,
a Boeing 767 300 with 200 passengers on board, shortly after take off
from Sydney at 1.20pm (AEST), an Australian Transport Safety Bureau
(ATSB) spokeswoman said.

The captain requested emergency clearance before returning to land
safely at 3pm.

"Air traffic controllers received a call from the pilot declaring an
emergency and proceeded to give priority clearance for a landing at
Sydney," an Air Services Australia spokesman told AAP.

On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:59:16 +1000, Rob mine.com> wrote:

On Aug 2, 8:59 pm, Rob mine.com> wrote:

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It's a concern of course
I still believe QANTAS have a safety rate second to none
The reent safe landing of QF30 impresses me with the skill of their
pilots

petzl wrote...

Wasn't the captain of QF30 the one you reckoned was doing aerobatics in his 767
over your joint, once?

On Aug 6, 7:07 am, Snapper y7mail.com.invalid> wrote:

no?
The planes doing "Victory Rolls" (not barrel rolls) belonged to Ansett
not QANTAS also they were not being picked up via their transponder
(according to AirSevices)

Although CASA very shortly after checked and failed Ansetts
maintenance routines

I do maintain a QANTAS 747 was dumping fuel over my suburb though
Prior planes were coming in every few minutes after dumping no
Aircraft appeared for 30 minutes or so

On Aug 6, 10:32 am, petzl gmail.com> wrote: