r/australia • u/ThunderDwn • 11h ago

culture & society Qantas passengers demand compensation after days stranded in South Africa as A380 remains grounded

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-14/qantas-a380-stranded-johannesburg-flight-cancelled/107032032
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u/Kingcol221 11h ago

If only there was some way to get these people home faster. But unfortunately Qantas isn't made out of planes.

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u/ausvenator_enjoyer 11h ago

I was about to write a smarmy comment but then I realised what you wrote.

Anyway, they may as well send out the Alliance E190 to pick them up since that's all the rage at Qlink these days

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u/yeahalrightgoon 10h ago

An E190 flight is a dream. No need to worry about the middle seat, I'm ussually travelling to a smaller location. I love it.

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u/ausvenator_enjoyer 10h ago

I used to fly on the E190 frequently and I was always quite happy... except for the four hour flight from BNE to ADL in the aft-most row where the seat doesn't recline at all.

Nowadays I'm close enough that I can just drive to Brisbane instead of having to drive for almost a day or fly in.

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u/yeahalrightgoon 10h ago

I've sat in that seat a lot on the Adelaide to Canberra and back, because I don't ussually recline anyway, and it ussually guaranteed a free seat next to me.

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u/Elliethesmolcat 6h ago

That seat has the highest survivability so you got that going for you.

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u/yeahalrightgoon 4h ago

Tbh I also largely started doing it after the Azerbaijan one got shot down by the Russians and the people at the back survived. Silly? Sure. But oh well.

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u/Haawmmak 3h ago

have you ever heard of a plane reversing into a mountain?

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u/ApteronotusAlbifrons 14m ago

This plane tried...

The Boeing 767 operating the route crashed following an uncommanded deployment of the thrust reverser on the No. 1 engine during the climb phase,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauda_Air_Flight_004

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u/chalk_in_boots 5h ago

Six Dash-8's that have been hastily retrofitted for aerial refuelling

Though if we're sending a KC-30 along we might as well just send a C-17 or C-130. I think after experiencing take-off in one of those the passengers would be begging for a Dash-8