Accident | |
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Date | 25 July 2008 |
Summary | In-flight explosion leading to structural damage[1] Rapid decompression[2] |
Site | South China Sea west of Luzon, Philippines |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 747-438 |
Aircraft name | City of Newcastle[3] |
Operator | Qantas |
IATA flight No. | QF30 |
ICAO flight No. | QAN30 |
Call sign | QANTAS 30 |
Registration | VH-OJK[4] |
Flight origin | London Heathrow Airport |
Stopover | Hong Kong International Airport |
Destination | Melbourne Airport |
Occupants | 365 |
Passengers | 346 |
Crew | 19 |
Fatalities | 0 |
Injuries | 0 |
Survivors | 365 |
Qantas Flight 30, on 25 July 2008, a Boeing 747-438 operated by Qantas, construction number 25067, registration VH-OJK, was a scheduled flight from London Heathrow to Melbourne with a stopover in Hong Kong. The flight was interrupted on the Hong Kong leg by an exploding oxygen tank that ruptured the fuselage just forward of the starboard wing root.[5] 53-year-old Captain John Bartels (who had flown for Qantas for 25 years and the Royal Australian Navy for 7 years) and his co-pilots, Bernd Werninghaus and Paul Tabac, made an emergency descent to a breathable altitude of about 10,000 feet (3,048 m) and diverted to Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Metro Manila, Philippines. There were no injuries.