A string of scandals has left Qantas Airways, which calls itself “the spirit of Australia,” near the bottom of public opinion at home.
Tag: Airlines and Airplanes
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When He Missed a Beyoncé Concert, the Hive Went to Work
Jon Hetherington missed the singer’s show in Seattle after an airline said it could not accommodate his electric wheelchair. Beyoncé’s fans worked to get him to another show.
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F-35 Jet Is Missing After Pilot Parachutes Free in South Carolina
The pilot, whose name has not been released, was taken to a medical center in the Charleston area, where he was stable.
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Fifty Years Later, the Orphans of Flight 723 Return to the Scene
A Vermont woman spent years tracking down men and women who lost their parents in the same 1973 plane crash. Would they answer her questions about loss?
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‘Jamaica Mistaica’: Jimmy Buffett Song Inspired After Plane Sprayed by Gunfire
In 1996, the police in Jamaica mistook Buffett for a drug smuggler after he landed his seaplane with the singer Bono and others on board and opened fire on it.