QF 72 Diverted to Learmonth

[Peter T Syd]

Made the Italian News also ... from Corriere dela Sera
WoW Im impressed...

LO RIFERISCE LA POLIZIA
Australia, 40 feriti in incidente aereo
Il velivolo costretto a un atterraggio di emergenza nello scalo di Exmouth

SYDNEY - Un Airbus A320 della compagnia australiana Qantas con 370 passeggeri a bordo e in volo tra Singapore e l'Australia è stato costretto a un atterraggio di emergenza in un aeroporto della costa nordoccidentale australiana a causa di forti turbolenze. Lo ha riferito la polizia australiana.

FERITI - Dieci passeggeri sono rimasti feriti in modo serio in conseguenza dell'incidente in volo e sono stati ricoverati in un ospedale di Exmouth, mentre le altre persone che si trovavano a bordo sono state ospitate all'aeroporto in attesa di essere prelevati da un altro aereo della Qantas. In precedenza la polizia aveva riferito di una quarantina di persone rimaste complessivamente ferite nell'incidente.


07 ottobre 2008

[Adam T]

I just spoke to my boss who was supposed to fly PER-SYD on VH-ZXC and he's been turned away and gone back to his hotel, no indication of when he'll be able to get a flight back to Sydney.

Ah well, it looks like a BFW (boss free week) hehe

[albert vasquez]

Its also made the Polish news

http://www.tvn24.pl/-1,1567633,0,1,k...wiadomosc.html

[Arthur T]

The news in Hong Kong is correct though:

Qantas jet hits turbulence: 30 hurt

07-10-2008


More than 30 people have been injured on a Qantas airliner which was hit by turbulence on a flight from Singapore to Perth. Some of those hurt suffered broken bones and cuts. The A330-300, with 303 passengers and 10 crew, was forced to make an emergency landing at Learmonth, a remote airport near the town of Exmouth, about 1,100km north of Perth.

[Joseph D]

The Daily Telegraph have still got the aircraft as being an Airbus A380. Utterly hopeless reporting.

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegrap...001021,00.html

[Nick W.]

Okay, so we have confirmed that the reporting isn't great, moving on to the incident...

[Nigel C]

The quality of the reporting, or inherent lack of, IS the incident....

[Tim C]

It doesnt matter what a/c type the media say it is. The news to the public is a Qantas plane had to make a emergency landing with injured people on it. Every single incident we get the same "The media said 767 but it was a 737" posts. Get used to it!

TV news & online media is no different to newspapers if you believe everything you read on any subject you are silly.

Cheers

Tim

[Montague S]

Originally Posted by Tim C

It doesnt matter what a/c type the media say it is. The news to the public is a Qantas plane had to make a emergency landing with injured people on it. Every single incident we get the same "The media said 767 but it was a 737" posts. Get used to it!

TV news & online media is no different to newspapers if you believe everything you read on any subject you are silly.

Cheers

Tim

well said Timba, how about we focus on the incident rather than the way the media is reporting it.

[Philip Argy]

Isn't "lotterywest" a rather unfortunate logo to feature on the back of the Exmouth ambulance?