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in putting the record straight. Given the number of accidents the myth would seem
to be a master stroke by the Qantas publicity department.
I don't know where it came from that 'Qantas has never had a fatal accident', but it is
not true--it is an urban legend. Qantas has had a number of crashes in its history,
some of which resulted in fatalities. The following is a list of Qantas accidents:
25 Feb 1923 - Jericho, Australia - Armstrong W.FK8 - G-AUCF - no fatalities
13 Sep 1923 - Blackhall, Australia - Armstrong W. FK.8 - G-AUDE - no fatalities
24 Mar 1927 - Tambo, Australia - De Havilland DH.9 - G-AUED - 3 fatalities
5 Feb 1928 - Camooweal, Australia - De Havilland DH.9 - G-AUFM - no fatalities
15 Nov 1934 - Longreach, Australia - de Havilland DH-86 VH-USG - 4 fatalities
20 Feb 1942 - Belmont, Australia - de Havilland DH-86 VH-USE - 9 fatalities see:
http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/ozcrashes/qld115.htm for details
22 Apr 1943 - Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea - Short S-23 (flying boat) - VH-ADU
13 fatalities
26 Nov 1943 - Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea - Lockheed 18 Lodestar VH-CAB 15
fatalities
11 Oct 1944 - Sydney, Australia - Short S-23 (flying boat) VH-ABB - 1 fatality
18 Nov 1944 - Sydney, Australia - Short S-23 (flying boat) VH-ACD - no fatalities
23 Mar 1946 - Between Colombo, Ceylon and Cocos Island - Lancastrian - G-AGLX
(was being operated by Qantas) - 10 fatalities
22 Jan 1947 - Schofields, Australia - Lockheed 14 Electra - VH-ADT - no fatalities
11 Feb 1948 - Condamine, Australia - Lockheed 10 Electra - VH-AEC - no fatalities
7 Apr 1949 - Dubbo, Australia - Avro Lancaster - VH-EAS - no fatalities
11 May 1949 - Kerowagi, Papua New Guinea - Avro Anson - VH-BBZ - no fatalities
16 Jul 1951 - Lae, Papua New Guinea - de Havilland Drover 2 - VH-EBQ - 7 fatalities
13 Dec 1951 - Yaramunda, Papua New Guinea - De Havilland DH.84 - VH-URV - 3
fatalities
24 Aug 1960 - Port Louis, Mauritius - Lockheed Constellation 1049C - VH-EAC - no
fatalities see: http://casa.gov.au/fsa/2000/jan/page49.pdf
23 September 1999, Qantas Flight 1, a Boeing 747-400 (VH-OJH), overran the runway
while landing at Bangkok, Thailand, during a heavy thunderstorm. The aircraft ended up on a golf course.
Ken Sanford
613 Championship Drive
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