Australian and American investigators on Saturday were exploring the possibility that either an explosion in the cargo hold - possibly by oxygen canisters - or metal fatigue caused the fuselage of a Qantas Airlines passenger jet to burst open in flight, forcing an emergency landing. ...more

July 27, 2008

The 346 passengers were cruising at 29,000 feet Friday when an explosive bang shook the Qantas jumbo jet. The plane descended rapidly. Oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling as debris flew through the cabin from a hole that had suddenly appeared in the floor. ...more

July 26, 2008

In the annals of excess, it could be a new high: a more than $300 million, supersized luxury airplane, bought and outfitted solely for the comfort of a Saudi Arabian billionaire. ...more

November 13, 2007