During takeoff from Rome, the tread separated from the tire and damaged the underside of the right wing. The airline is Qantas and the aircraft model is a Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
A flight of the airline Qantascoming from Rome landed in Perth, Australia, after 16 hours on a trip, without the pilot or the passengers they realized that a piece of tire from the plane had detached and there was perforated he right wing of the aircraft.
He incident It occurred on August 24 during a flight between the airport Leonardo da Vinci and the west coast of Australiathe country’s airline said on Monday.
During takeoff in Romethe tread separated from the tire and damage the lower part of the right wing of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. He staff He did not notice the damage until the plane landed in Perthalmost 16 hours later“We apologize to passengers for the inconvenience caused and thank them for their understanding,” said a Qantas spokesperson.
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Qantas’ recent problems: pricing error on first class seats
The Qantas airline He was the protagonist of various controversies in the last week, having been involved in different situations that exposed the Complaints of customers and passengers. Before the landing accident in Perth occurred, Qantas sold by mistake seats of first class at very reasonable prices low.
He August 22two days before the recent problem, were published in the Web page some rates of first class on flights between Australia and USA with values up to a 85% less of the average price for first class.
“As a gesture of goodwill, we are relocating customers in business class at no additional cost. Customers also have the option of a refund “complete” said one Qantas spokesperson and added that it was “a case where the rate was too good to be true“, naming an error in the coding.
The flights They had extremely low prices for common first class values, with fares of US$5,000 round tripwhich means about US$15,000 cheaper. This error caused around 300 clients will make reservations during the eight hours that were active and available the wrong rates.
Source: Ambito
