澳航客机飞行途中发生事故 50人受伤

据2008年10月7日《澳洲人报》报道，一架从新加坡飞往西澳珀斯的澳航Qantas客机，在飞行途中发生事故，造成50名乘客和机组人员受伤。

这架澳航空中客车A330-300客机下午从新加坡樟宜机场起飞，飞行途中突然改变飞行高度，导致多名乘客受伤，并在澳大利亚西部的艾斯茅斯机场紧急降落。

Recent incidents on Qantas flights

A timeline of incidents raising Qantas safety issues in recent years.

2006 - March 8 - Flight QF5, with 408 people on board travelling from Singapore to Frankfurt, is damaged by a blown tyre shortly after take-off.

Oct 11 - Qantas flight from Darwin to Brisbane flies with a burning cloth in the engine.

2007 - Feb 3 - A Los Angeles-bound Qantas airliner with flames jetting out of one engine is forced to return to Sydney airport after dumping fuel.

March 21 - Qantas internal safety review leaked, questions whether overseas maintenance meets company standards.

May 3 - QF26 en route to Auckland turned back to Los Angeles after a mid-air engine problem.

July 8 - Engine panel falls from QF415 upon landing at Melbourne.

July 11 - Tyre bursts on plane landing at Sydney domestic airport.

July 18 - The Australian newspaper reports staples were used to hold wiring in place on a 747-400.

2008 - Jan 7 - Boeing 747 carrying more than 300 people loses power while approaching Bangkok.

Feb 20 - Landing gear fails on flight from Gladstone to Rockhampton.

March 25 - QF12 carrying 232 passengers aborts a takeoff at Los Angeles.

July 25 - QF30, with more than 350 people on board, forced to make an emergency landing at Manila airport after a mid-air explosion tore a car-sized hole in the fuselage. A oxygen cylinder is the suspected source.

Oct 7 - QF72 carrying 303 passengers and 10 crew, from Singapore to Perth, forced to make an emergency landing at Exmouth, in northern Western Australia, after experiencing a sudden change in altitude which sparked a mayday call.