A New Zealand-bound Qantas flight had to be aborted minutes before take-off when wing damage was discovered by an engineer at Sydney airport.
The Christchurch-bound Qantas 747-300 was taxiing towards the runway at 9.15am yesterday when an engineer noticed damage to its right wing flap.
The engineer notified the pilot, who aborted the flight.
Qantas said all 213 passengers on the plane were provided with accommodation and meal vouchers and booked on another flight today.
The cause of the damage is being assessed, an airline spokeswoman said.
The aborted flight is the latest mishap in recent months to plague the flying kangaroo.
In July, a Qantas 747 had its belly torn open when an oxygen tank exploded on a flight over Manila, sparking an Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigation.
And in October, a Qantas plane suffered a dramatic midair plunge on a flight from Singapore to Perth, when the plane fell 200m in 20 seconds, hurling unrestrained passengers around the cabin.
By: Arabella-Cox - 22nd November 2008 at 22:36
Must just be a bad year then
By: steve rowell - 22nd November 2008 at 22:36
You ever flown with them Steve, you have any problems?
I’ve flown with them since the Constellation days of the fifties and found them to be a first class carrier
By: Arabella-Cox - 22nd November 2008 at 22:34
You ever flown with them Steve, you have any problems?
By: steve rowell - 22nd November 2008 at 22:30
How many incidents they had this year?
More than their fair share
By: Arabella-Cox - 22nd November 2008 at 22:28
How many incidents they had this year?
By: steve rowell - 22nd November 2008 at 22:26
Not been the best of years for Qantas eh?
It all started with the out sourcing of their maintenance
By: Arabella-Cox - 22nd November 2008 at 22:24
Not been the best of years for Qantas eh?
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November 22, 2008 at 10:22 pm