Aviation Forum / Country Specific / Australian Group / November 2007

Malaysia Probes Plane Stowaway Case
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - A Palestinian man managed to stow away
in a wheel well of an airplane flying from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore,
prompting Malaysian officials to order a probe into how he breached

I don't usually have a go at Airline carriers except unless it is
dangerous stupid or unlawful and affects me or family directly .
But check this out for yourselves
Situation:

As the old saying goes "you pay for what you get". It's usually a
good idea to get the best quality of luggage you can afford. Airline
travel in particular can be tough on luggage and you won't save money
if you have to buy new bags for each trip. Even worse would be if the

The finally got one of these stupid bastards.....
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/06/12/1949316.htm
Coop

When was the last time this happened?!
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/navigator-falls-out-as-fighter-jet-rolls/2007/1
1/15/1194766833448.html
Quote:
Navigator falls out as fighter jet rolls

There were the usual contrails this morning, but for (I think) about an
hour a lot heading towards Melbourne made several sharp turns to the
west before turning sharply again to continue south. This resulted in
some rather attractive S bends in the contrails. What sort of weather ...

The shame is not only QANTAS itself going down on criminal
charges but as flag carrier, a reflection on the entire
Australian nation as well.
The cost of doing business the Liberal Party way!

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22807687-2,00.html
Before Ned jumps into a phone box and puts on his under daks on the
outside prior to leaping to the defence of THIS journo
It is a bit of a stretch to say a whole 737 wing falls off a plane

Anyone have an idea what's going on here?
Last night about 9pm, two choppers passed west-east over Parramatta.
They sounded military,  were flying in close formation (front-back),
fairly low (ie: bloody loud), and only the rear one had any navigation

Tonight one of the most sweetest things happened.
The end of a era.
In Australia Liberals was wiped from power and John Howard gone
forever. After 11.5years the nightmare of his lawyer lead government

A video of docu-drama film 'The Riddle of Richard Pearse' has been
located, digitised and uploaded to Google Video. This is the film
during which the horse which was towing the replica plane across a
field suddenly bolted and the plane took off - but despite all the

I've just noticed that my A$IC expired last month.
I'm wondering if I can get away with just wearing the existing one.
Can anyone tell me if they have changed the colour of the ones that
expire in 2008? (Mine's red).

A310 rudder exploded in flight says report
By David Learmount
An A310-300's rudder literally exploded in flight, according to the
just-published final report by the Transportation Safety Board of