How big was the hole in the fuselage of the Qantas flight?
According to reports, a Melbourn bound Quantas Boeing 747 had to land in Manila because of a huge hole that appeared just forward of the wing from the wing to the underbody. Everyone was terrified and there was luggage hanging out of the hole. It was the same aircraft that was used to fly Pope Benedict XVI out of Australia earlier in the month after a visit by him to Sidney, Australia. An edited portion of the article from the website below… A Qantas Boeing 747 flying to Melbourne made an emergency landing in Manila on Friday after a dramatic mid-air rupture that left a “gaping hole” in its fuselage, officials and passengers said. Stunned passengers reported how the jumbo, which had taken off from London and stopped in Hong Kong, plunged 20,000 feet (6,000 metres) in what one said was an “absolutely terrifying” ordeal… In a statement, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said the plane had been flying at 29,000 feet when the crew were forced into an emergency descent after a sect
