of large hole in qantas jet forces emergency landing (photos and video)

Hole in Qantas jet forces emergency landing: A large hole in the fuselage of a jet forced a Qantas flight to make an emergency landing. Video of taken inside the cabin. Photos of the hole at the bottom. The Hong Kong-Melbourne flight that landed in Manila, Philippines.


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Aviation workers stand in front of a damaged Qantas Airways plane.

A Qantas flight from Hong Kong to Melbourne made an emergency landing in the Philippines on Friday after a hole appeared in the fuselage and the cabin lost pressure suddenly. An inspection revealed a hole in the Boeing 747-400's fuselage, and initial reports indicated that a section of the fuselage had separated in the area of the forward cargo compartment, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said in a written statement.

Telegraph reports that the damage could be caused by spilled coffee. ("Qantas emergency landing could have been caused by spilled coffee"). It says,

Experts said the dramatic incident was most likely to have been caused by either corrosion to the inside of the plane, such as a liquid spilled in the cabin above that had lain undetected, or damage caused by freight or a maintenance vehicle that had been badly repaired.

The inside of the Qantas plane that was redirected to Manila after today's emergency.


A gash is seen where the Qantas plane's wing intersects the fuselage.

More photos of the damage on the plane fuselage.