What: Qantas flight QF30 Boeing 747 jumbo jet en route from from London to Melbourne
Where: international airport in Manila
When: July 25, 2008
Who: 365 passengers and crew
Why:Part of fuselage blew off in mid flight leaving a 10-foot diameter hole in the forward cargo area.. The flight crew performed emergency procedures as the plane plunged 6,000 metres. Debris flew through the cabin but there were no injuries.
- In 1988an 18- foot roof section of a 737 tore off during an Aloha Airlines flight at 24,000 feet.
- In 2002, a China Airlines 747-200 broke apart in flight at 34,900 feet, and all 225 passengers and crew were killed or presumed dead. Taiwan's Aviation Safety Council concluded that a rear fuselage section had failed
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