qantas

The Qantas Curse Continues: The Flying Kangaroo Can’t Even Catch A Break At Ground Level

4:19PM Jess McGuire | Alas, the Qantas troubles continue. Seven people were injured when a Qantas bus swerved to avoid an accident with another vehicle at Sydney Airport. A Qantas spokesman said the accident happened about 8.30am (AEDT) when the bus was transferring passengers between the international and domestic terminals. Seriously, did someone place a gypsy curse on Qantas after being refused an upgrade to business class? MORE: Seven injured in Qantas bus accident More »

Wahey! After A Short Break From Making Headlines, Qantas Has Resumed Normal Near-Death Service

6:22PM Jess McGuire | It’s been a few months (well, two…) since Qantas were in the news because of some disastrous incident mid-air, and to be honest with you, I was starting to miss the fear mongering headlines. Thank god that’s over and we’re back in business – a Qantas flight has just made an emergency landing in WA after a mid-air incident which left 50 people on the plane injured. The flight – QF72 from Singapore – made the landing at Learmonth Airport, near Exmouth at 2.30pm, PerthNow reported. The flight experienced “a sudden change in altitude” before diverting to Learmonth, Qantas said. “A number of passengers and crew sustained injuries, including fractures and lacerations, on board QF72 this afternoon en route from Singapore to Perth following a sudden change in altitude,” Qantas said. And it looks like some of the passengers’ injuries required a trip to the hospital… More »

What The Hell Is Going On With Qantas?

5:37PM Jess McGuire | Dear Qantas, Please, get your shit together. It’s breaking my heart to keep reading about your woes. A QANTAS Boeing 737 has aborted a take-off at Melbourne Airport after noises were heard coming from the undercarriage. The Canberra-bound plane returned to the terminal and passengers were transferred to another flight. A Qantas spokeswoman says QF850 had problems with its air conditioning duct unit. “It was a routine return to the terminal due to an air-conditioning fault,” she said. “Rather than delay passengers further a replacement aircraft was arranged and the flight took off just before 1pm.” The incident is the latest in a recent run of scares for Australia’s national airline. I miss the days when we knew we could depend on you. Although to be fair, I think there’s a slight chance the media is jumping upon absolutely everything they can in order to make it look as though your fleet is made up of a couple of tin death traps rescued from the scrapyard after WWII. More »

‘Yeah, I Acted Up – But They Served Me 20 Glasses Of Champers, Your Honour!’: Qantas’ Week Just Gets Better And Better

11:05AM Clem Bastow | It’s been a great few days in the world of Australia’s favourite carrier, Qantas, and it looks like it’s the week that just won’t quit! Now, a woman charged with causing a ruckus on a Qantas flight has blamed her bad behaviour on the flight staff, who – if we are to believe her – were, shall we say, generous with the drinks cart. A MELBOURNE woman penalised $1000 for offences on a Qantas flight says she was served 20 glasses of champagne and other alcohol after take-off. Bronwyn Streader’s lawyer yesterday told a court that she drank the champagne, two glasses of red wine and a gin and tonic while on medication. Defence solicitor Alex Lewenberg said Streader, 30, is a human rights and refugee activist in Japan who has a doctorate from a Sydney university on Japanese culture and life. “When I fly Qantas economy I’m lucky to get three glasses of orange juice, but if you’re blonde and good looking you get 20 glasses of champagne,” Mr Lewenberg said. She was nicked for interfering with a crewmember, smoking (presumably in the dunnies) and refusing to wear a seatbelt when the little light was on. But if she really did put away a Boon-esque drinks menu on her flight, they’re lucky smoking in the toilet was all she did – you probably wouldn’t have blinked had she shoved her way into the cockpit, said, “Don’t mind me, gentlemen, we’re taking this bus to fairyland!” and then wet her pants while crying, “But why was The Notebook so saaad?” – or something like that. More »

Did Someone At Qantas Break A Mirror Recently?

9:11AM Jess McGuire | Gracious, the bad press just keeps on being flung in the direction of Qantas. We don’t mean to take the piss out of the flying kangaroo, and coincidentally, Qantas don’t seem to want to take the piss out of passengers. A Qantas customer was forced to urinate in a sick bag after the airline refused to let passengers out of their seats during an extended landing. And here’s a dramatic quote if ever I’ve read one. “There was a lady behind me screaming, ‘I have to go to the toilet’ and then I saw a man doing his business in one of the airline sick bags.” Oh, come on. We’ve all screamed our lavatory needs out loud after a particularly lengthy flight, and if you’re prepared to tell me you’ve never urinated in an airline sick bag, I’ll call you a liar to your face. More »