Qantas, with their as yet fatality-free score of plane trips, is walking under the microscope of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority. Recent troubles are troubling those with an eye for disaster and aerial explosions showering grounds below with shards, debris and charred human off cuts.
Earlier in the week suspected smoke in the cargo hold brought a Perth bound Qantas jumbo to an emergency landing in Osaka, Japan. With no severe crash, boom or operatics beyond passenger hysterics, disappointment flooded the air and overhead compartments.
Few hopefuls onboard with the mind of their plane tickets being of that historical footnote in the airline carrier's career left disappointed and screaming for cigarettes smoke to fill the air.
Seemingly quick to capitalise on the earlier scare, a short Brisbane to Sydney journey earlier this morning was marred by the inadequacy of the failure. Short of a flame burst from the plane and a vibrating engine, all passengers continue to be counted among the living.
With the lottery going unclaimed for another day, the notice and excitement will jackpot for the next batch of planes sent back up into the air.
Written on Thursday, 25 August 2005