AAP General News (Australia)
08-04-2008
Fed: Grounded Qantas flight sparks more safety fears
A Qantas flight has been grounded for almost three hours today .. after a technical
fault was discovered in a pre-flight inspection at Sydney airport.
It's been a horror nine days for Qantas with the national carrier having three mid-air
emergencies.
Qantas says the problem with an hydraulic system was detected during routine inspections
this morning .. on a 767 plane bound from Sydney to Cairns and then on to Tokyo.
It was grounded for two hours and 50 minutes until the fault was corrected.
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority says it expects a report on the incident in due
course .. but isn't concerned by the incident.
CASA has initiated a special safety review into Qantas in the wake of three mid-air
emergencies over the past nine days.
AAP RTV cjb/evt/tm/crh
KEYWORD: QANTAS GROUNDED (SYDNEY)
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