Do Austalians shut doors on their aeroplanes?

Question

Or were they born in a barn?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/another-qantas-jet-makes-emergency-landing-879268.html

You can't trust an Aussie with the keys to a Jumbo can yer?

Answer 1

Seemed to have been doing fine up until recently. Pressure must be mounting.

Answer 2

Qantas has an impeccable safety record.

Answer 3

It was only an undercarriage door that shrouds the wheels.

Nothing to write home about, it is just the press s**t stirring again and trying to make a mountain out of a molehill.

Answer 4

feck pilots. would you trust a photographer to help you in any situation? they'd only tell you they best light to carc it in.

Answer 5

I think it's Skippy trying to make a comeback, sabotaging things, then saving the day.

Answer 6

Considering a Qantas flight has never crashed, I'd say they are pretty safe.

Answer 7

A maintenance factor, but best avoided. I think the blown panel has got this airline into the spot lights, with an otherwise exceptional record. Happens to the best of us.

Answer 8

Jedi, you need to read more carefully and perhaps learn more about airplanes.  The article explains that this incident involved a landing gear door, rather than a cabin door.  The landing gear doors are part of the landing gear retraction mechanism, and are not under direct control of the pilots.

Sticking gear doors are a common mechanical problem in big birds.  Usually nobody's fault, really.

Quantas has an excellent safety record, and the Australian aviation industry is as good as any in the world.

Answer 9

No, they hang corks in the doorway to stop the flies getting in!