Qantas ordered to check oxygen cylinders
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Sunday, July 27, 2008
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Australian Transport Safety Bureau announced that an oxygen cylinder which was located near the area of the explosion on Qantas flight QF30 from London, England to Melbourne, Australia was unaccounted for but said that it was too early to say that an oxygen cylinder could be the cause of the mid-air explosion. It did say it had ruled out explosives as a cause stating that they "found no indication of explosives".
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority has ordered Qantas to check all oxygen cylinders and the brackets which hold them on its Boeing 747s, but hasn't ruled out that the order will be extended to all of the Qantas fleet.
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- "Jet probe turns to oxygen bottles". BBC News Online, July 27, 2008
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- "Qantas jet probe focuses on exploding oxygen cylinder". Agence France-Presse, July 27, 2008
- "Qantas to inspect oxygen bottles after 747 emergency". Thomson Reuters, July 27, 2008
- "Qantas To Check Oxygen Cannisters". Sky News, July 27, 2008
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