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November 30, 2010 | No end in sight to Qantas’ flight breakdown woes | Sydney: Qantas has been forced into a controversy yet again after passengers were removed from one of its planes, bound for Sydney, this morning because it reportedly suffered a brake problem. The flight was due to leave Melbourne at 6.30am (AEDT). According to the Courier
Mail, 208 passengers waited for 50 minutes on the tarmac at Melbourne Airport
as engineers assessed the plane. The latest problem has come just two days after
a stray rock-climbing rope jammed in the baggage conveyor, when some passengers
were told to search through trolleys to find their lost bags. The paper quoted
a Qantas spokeswoman as saying that the passengers were being put on other flights,
and that “the plane will be in service this afternoon.” "This is a really minor
issue. I don't have the statistics on how often this kind of thing happens," she
added. The spokeswoman also stated that travellers should not worry about flying
with Qantas, adding: "We will always put safety before schedule." Qantas has employed
couriers to return up to 400 items of luggage to passengers after Sunday's baggage
malfunction at Melbourne Airport , the paper said. Yesterday, another Boeing 737
domestic flight from Adelaide to Sydney was cancelled because of a technical problem related to an engine valve.
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