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Hole in Qantas Jet Forces Emergency Landing

Posted Jul 25, 08 4:17 AM CDT in Technology,  World 

(AP) – A Qantas flight en route to Australia from London made an emergency landing in Manila today after a mysterious bang punched a 9-foot-wide hole in the fuselage and sent the Boeing 747-400 plunging thousands of feet. There were no injuries but some of the 350 passengers and crew vomited, AP reports. Part of the cabin's ceiling also collapsed and the floor gave way, exposing cargo beneath. 

"There was a terrific boom, and bits of wood and debris just flew forward and the oxygen masks dropped down," a passenger told Agence France Presse. "It was absolutely terrifying."

Source Associated Press

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A hole was ripped in the fuselage of this Qantas jet after passengers heard a bang.   (Edwin Llobrera)
In this photo released by the Media Affairs Division of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, Philippines, luggage is seen from the damaged right wing fuselage of Qantas Airways' Boeing 747-400...   (AP Photo/Media Affairs Division of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Edwin Llobrera)
Passengers are processed in Manila today after a mysterious hole forced a Qantas jet to make an emergency landing.   (AP Photo/Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Edwin Llobrera, HO)
An airline mechanic examines the damaged right wing fuselage of a Qantas Airways Boeing 747-400 plane following an emergency landing at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila today.   (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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