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[greek.god]

Fly with Qantas - the ONLY airline NEVER to have had an accident in their entire history!

That is not true...Olympic airways one of the shitiest airlines I've ever flown on has never had an accident.

[Kikapu]

Fly with Qantas - the ONLY airline NEVER to have had an accident in their entire history!

That is not true...Olympic airways one of the shitiest airlines I've ever flown on has never had an accident.

Oh really.................!!!

Incidents and accidents


October 29, 1959: An Olympic Airways Douglas Aircraft Company DC-3 crashed near Athens, Greece. All 18 persons on board (15 passengers and 3 crew members) perished
December 8, 1969: An Olympic Airways Douglas DC-6 crashed near Keratea, Athens, Greece. All 90 persons on board (85 passengers and 5 crew members) perished
February 18, 1972: An Olympic Aviation Learjet crashed off the coast of Monte Carlo. Both crew members were killed.
October 21, 1972: An Olympic Airways NAMC YS-11 crashed off the coast of Voula, Athens, Greece. 37 persons on board (36 passengers and 1 crew member) drowned, while 16 passengers and 3 crew members were rescued.
November 23, 1976: An Olympic Airways NAMC YS-11 crashed near Kozani, Greece. All 46 passengers and 4 crew members perished.
August 3, 1989: An Olympic Aviation Shorts 330 crashed near Samos Airport, Greece. All 31 passengers and 3 crew members were killed.

[skyvet]

Thank you Kikapu ........ I rest my case!

[mad-dog]

Fly with Qantas - the ONLY airline NEVER to have had an accident in their entire history!

well they are due one then and i dont think they fly the uk to cyprus

[Michael Coumas]

I think you are right, they fly to Bangkok, Sydney, Melbourne & Hong Kong not Cyprus from UK.

[greek.god]

Fly with Qantas - the ONLY airline NEVER to have had an accident in their entire history!

That is not true...Olympic airways one of the shitiest airlines I've ever flown on has never had an accident.

Oh really.................!!!

Incidents and accidents


October 29, 1959: An Olympic Airways Douglas Aircraft Company DC-3 crashed near Athens, Greece. All 18 persons on board (15 passengers and 3 crew members) perished
December 8, 1969: An Olympic Airways Douglas DC-6 crashed near Keratea, Athens, Greece. All 90 persons on board (85 passengers and 5 crew members) perished
February 18, 1972: An Olympic Aviation Learjet crashed off the coast of Monte Carlo. Both crew members were killed.
October 21, 1972: An Olympic Airways NAMC YS-11 crashed off the coast of Voula, Athens, Greece. 37 persons on board (36 passengers and 1 crew member) drowned, while 16 passengers and 3 crew members were rescued.
November 23, 1976: An Olympic Airways NAMC YS-11 crashed near Kozani, Greece. All 46 passengers and 4 crew members perished.
August 3, 1989: An Olympic Aviation Shorts 330 crashed near Samos Airport, Greece. All 31 passengers and 3 crew members were killed.

I stand corrected...Thanks

[cyprusgrump]

http://www.planecrashinfo.com/index.html

[skyvet]

Just for the record ...... I never intimated that Qantas flew into Cyprus. I merely pointed out that their safety record is unblemished - quite an achievement I think!

[cyprusgrump]

The last time I flew out of Beijing there was a terrible snowstorm and I was convinced that we would never be able to take off.

At the time, the trip to the aircraft (Air China Boeing 747-400) was in one of those articulated bus things but the bus driver couldn’t find the right aeroplane. We spent ages going round and round the apron with the bus driver stopping at each likely looking aircraft and asking its destination.

Do I win the prize for the longest journey from departure lounge to aircraft?

Incidentally, we did take off despite the need to sweep snow off of the wings. Once aboard we watched the same Air China safety film which proclaimed “Air China velly safe ailine never lose airplane” despite having dumped several of their airbuses into the ground over the previous couple of years. Next time I went back about six months later the movie still claimed they’d never had an accident…

Another interesting Air China ‘feature’ was that, in spite of being in the upper deck no smoking business class section of the 747-400 everybody lit-up (including the captain) as soon as the wheels left the ground.

[Radio]

One of the reasons for Quantas safety record is that the most dangerous stages of flight are take off & landing. Quantas only fly long haul and pro rata do far fewer take offs & landings per flying hour than other airlines.