London Flight 'Plunges' 20,000ft

[Pazza]

From Msn News:

A Qantas flight from London made an emergency landing in the Philippines after plunging 20,000ft.
On landing airport authorities discovered a big hole in the Boeing 747-400's fuselage near the right wing.
There were no injuries following the incident, but some of the 350 passengers vomited after disembarking, said Manila International Airport Authority deputy manager for operations Octavio Lina.
"There is a big hole on the right side near the wing," he said, adding it was 2.5 to three yards in diameter.
Flight QF 30, on its way to Melbourne, Australia, was an hour from Hong Kong when oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling during the incident.
The flooring gave way, exposing some of the cargo beneath, he said. The ceiling around the area also collapsed.
"Upon disembarkation, there were some passengers who vomited. You can see in their faces that they were really scared," he said.
Passengers who talked to the media at the airport described hearing an explosion, followed by oxygen masks dropping from the ceiling.
According to Australia's Herald Sun Online, passengers said the plane plunged 20,000 feet after the incident.
Passengers were being put up in hotels while the aircraft was being repaired.

How scary

[Swearwolf]

omg isnt that the only flight company to never have had a crash/problem before?

[Corporal]

It actually had just took off from hong kong.
Not london

[Tom-743]

That is scary :S Look at the size of the hole

[Jordy]

It actually had just took off from hong kong.
Not london

It's London to Melborne via Hong Kong for fuel

Sounds very adrenaline filled but it must of been very scarey. As someone has pointed out, Qantas is known as the world's safest airline as it's never had any loss of aircraft due to accidents or crashs. This won't ruin it's record as the actual plane landed okay and will be fine to use in the future once the problem(s) have been fixed.

[Spiffing]

i just got off a plane pmsl.
yeah i saw this on Tv, everyone looked calm, id have been screaming

[myke]

It's really weird... I was watching Air Crash this morning, it was about flight United 811, where the almost same thing happened, although 811 was devastating... creepy!!

Glad they're all ok.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngyll...eature=related

[alexxxxx]

i'd have paniced if i was near the hole but have been ok if i couldn't see it.

[Spiffing]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngyll...eature=related

omggg thats horrible

[Orangeesh]

must of been scary.