A Qantas flight from Australia to London had to divert to Manila in the Philippines this morning after a huge hole was punched in the side of the Boeing 747-400 after a loud bang was heard. Manila International Airport Authority deputy manager for operations Octavio Lina told the AP, "There were no injuries, but some of the 350 passengers vomited after disembarking." Lina said that part of the aircraft's ceiling collapsed and the floor gave way exposing the cargo hold. “There is a big hole on the right side near the wing,” Lina added. The hole, 2.5 to 3 yards in diameter, was more than large enough for the aircraft lose partial cabin pressure as passengers commented, “There was wind swirling around the plane and some condensation.” The incident and subsequent emergency descent occurred about one hour into flight over the South China Sea. I would assume the Manila airport is large enough to have an adequate supply of saw dust for that level of puke extraction.
UPDATED 11:50Z 7/25/08 WITH 2 NEW PICS
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Edwin Llobrera MIAA via EPA
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La Republicca (Italy) via AFP
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Friday, July 25, 2008
'Big Hole' prompts emergency landing, passenger vomit
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Hey-o! Now there's some people with some post traumatic stress disorder!
I saw the video on BBC. It was not what I expected
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