Quantas blamed for Bangkok plane crash

Failure by Australian airline Qantas to teach pilots how to land on wet runways was the main reason for the crash involving one of its jumbo jets in Bangkok, a report has concluded.

Quantas blamed for Bangkok plane crash

Failure by Australian airline Qantas to teach pilots how to land on wet runways was the main reason for the crash involving one of its jumbo jets in Bangkok, a report has concluded.

An Australian Transport Safety Bureau assessment of the September 1999 incident in which a Qantas Boeing 747 with 410 passengers and crew overshot the runway at Bangkok airport blames the airline, according to The Sydney Morning Herald, which obtained a copy of the report.

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