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Alaska Airlines flight 1282 to Ontario was forced to return to Portland after a plug door blew out at 16,000 feet, causing depressurisation as well as minor injuries to passengers. The plane, N704AL, was brand new, having only been delivered on 31 October.
An ATSB report into the incident last July revealed the smaller aircraft’s pilot spotted the larger Saab 340 ahead but chose to continue anyway, despite it being “almost certainly” possible to abort.
Speaking to journalists on Friday, Anthony Albanese insisted a meeting with the then-Qantas CEO in advance of a decision on Qatar flights was actually to discuss new industrial relations legislation.
Anthony Albanese is facing more allegations that Alan Joyce persuaded him to block extra Qatar flights into Australia after it emerged the pair met weeks after the Flying Kangaroo formally opposed the bid.
The apparent revelation contained in transcripts of air traffic control recordings seemingly contradicts the views of the pilot of the smaller aircraft.
It comes after Airservices Australia last year claimed it had 100 more air traffic controllers than it required to operate Australia’s network and said shutdowns were a result of a “short-term” and “unplanned” leave of controllers.
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