Fifteen passengers injured as Qantas flight to Hong Kong almost stalls
Fifteen passengers were injured on a Qantas flight from Melbourne to Hong Kong after a serious stall alert last Friday, it has just emerged. Authorities will now begin a serious incident investigation after a 'stick shaker' warning activated on the QF29 service April 7. Details of the in-flight incident, which took place at the end of the Boeing 747's 9.5 hour flight, some 110 kilometres south of Hong Kong, have only just emerged. The Australian reports that the plane also experiencing airframe buffeting, which often causes vibration. "The flight crew disconnected the autopilot and manoeuvred the aircraft in response," the Australian Transportation Safety Bureau said. One of the 15 people to be injured required hospitalisation but was later released, it was reported. <br/>
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Fifteen passengers injured as Qantas flight to Hong Kong almost stalls
Fifteen passengers were injured on a Qantas flight from Melbourne to Hong Kong after a serious stall alert last Friday, it has just emerged. Authorities will now begin a serious incident investigation after a 'stick shaker' warning activated on the QF29 service April 7. Details of the in-flight incident, which took place at the end of the Boeing 747's 9.5 hour flight, some 110 kilometres south of Hong Kong, have only just emerged. The Australian reports that the plane also experiencing airframe buffeting, which often causes vibration. "The flight crew disconnected the autopilot and manoeuvred the aircraft in response," the Australian Transportation Safety Bureau said. One of the 15 people to be injured required hospitalisation but was later released, it was reported. <br/>
