Qantas considers compensation to fishers after toxic spill, food risk still unknown
Qantas has said it will consider compensating Queensland fishers in the wake of a chemical spill at one of its Brisbane Airport hangars.
The airline's domestic chief executive Andrew David met with industry representatives on Saturday and publicly apologised for the mishap, which caused 22,000 litres of toxic firefighting foam to leak after a sprinkler failure.
Some has seeped into the Brisbane River, but it is not know at this stage how much.
Fishers complained they were not told for days, with some selling hundreds of kilograms of the potentially contaminated fish.
Mr David said the
airline accepted full responsibility for the spill and would continue discussions with affected parties.
"What we've got to work through with them is understanding exactly what the damage is and then we'll work through the various forms of compensation and financial will be one of those that we would look at," he said.
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