FED: Qantas cabin crew demand briefing on latest incident

AAP General News (Australia)
08-03-2008
FED: Qantas cabin crew demand briefing on latest incident

SYDNEY, Aug 3 AAP - Qantas cabin crew are demanding a meeting with company officials
after another of the airline's jets was forced to make an emergency landing yesterday.

The Manila-bound 767 began leaking hydraulic fluid from a critical steering unit on
take-off from Sydney and had to circle out over the ocean to dump fuel before returning
to Sydney Airport.

It's the third midair emergency for the carrier in eight days.

Flight Attendants Association president Steven Reed has told Fairfax the latest incident
is disturbing, and cabin crew have asked the company for a briefing.

There's concern the recent incidents might be part of a pattern, with Qantas engineers
arguing that cost-cutting and moving some plane servicing overseas could put safety at
risk.

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