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Qantas Retires Plane, But Not Because It Exploded

Where: Australia
September 4, 2009 at 8:39 AM | by amandak | 0 Comments

Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man might have said that Qantas never crashed, but these days he'd be changing his tune. This week Aussie airline Qantas announced that they will retire a few of their ageing Boeing 747s in November, and we're not alone in wondering exactly why.

One of the 747s in particular has been labeled "jinxed" after it was involved in a mid-air explosion last year and an engine shutdown this week that forced a diversion to Perth and had the pilot land with only three engines going.

But since this one, and four similar planes will be flying for another couple of months, Qantas is saying the retirement is unrelated. It's simply time to bring in their new A380s for the Melbourne to LA and Sydney to London routes at the end of the year. Come on, you didn't think an airline would retire a plane just because a bit of it exploded, would you?

Related Stories:
· Jinxed Qantas Plane Replaced By A380 [Advertiser]
· Qantas A380 Takes Off, Flies Just Like The Other Ones [Jaunted]
· Qantas Shakes Up Passengers [Jaunted]

[Photo: Eustaquio Santimano]

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