Qantas fatal accidents

Qantas fatal accidents

While Qantas has never had a fatal jet airliner accident, the Australian national airline suffered several losses in its early days before the widespread adoption of the jet engine in civilian aviation. [cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,26058,23199918-5009000,00.html|title=Qantas safety record under threat|last=Creedy|first=Steve|date=2008-02-12|publisher=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=2008-05-14] These were mainly biplanes or flying boats servicing routes in Queensland and New Guinea. [cite web|title=History: Venturing Overseas|publisher=Qantas Airways Limited|url=http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/history/details8|accessdate = 2008-05-14 ] The incidents between 1942 and 1944 were during World War II, when Qantas Empire Airways operated on behalf of the military.cite web|title=History: The World at War|publisher=Qantas Airways Limited|url=http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/history/details10|accessdate = 2008-05-14 ] While strictly speaking not an accident, the shooting-down of G-AEUH is included for completeness.

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* Qantas Flight 1
* List of accidents and incidents involving airliners by airline


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