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Qantas flight made a force-land

Osaka, Japan - A failure sensor induced pilot to error

An Airbus A-330 of Qantas airline direct to Perth with 178 passengers on board, made an emergency landing on runway at Japanese "Kansai" Airport at Osaka last morning. Nine people emerged injured during aircraft evacuation by chutes. Pilot would have been induced to ask Osaka’s control tower for permission to the special landing by a false smoke-alarm found shortly after take-off from Tokyo Airport. W...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 125516
Rome, Italy, 08/22/2005 16:42
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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