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minus-squareofficermike@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up38·17 days agoFor those who don’t know, Qantas once repaired a damaged aircraft that would’ve otherwise been a write-off for the sake of maintaining their perfect no hull-loss record. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas_Flight_1
minus-squarebamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-217 days agoObligatory Qantas never crashed Edit: spelling
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·17 days agoNo u in Qantas. It’s an acronym. The Q stands for Queensland.
minus-squarebamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·17 days agoNo u Hah thanks for that, edited the spelling
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 days agoTo be fair it was cheaper to fix than buy a new one
For those who don’t know, Qantas once repaired a damaged aircraft that would’ve otherwise been a write-off for the sake of maintaining their perfect no hull-loss record.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas_Flight_1
Obligatory Qantas never crashed
Edit: spelling
No u in Qantas. It’s an acronym. The Q stands for Queensland.
No u
Hah thanks for that, edited the spelling
To be fair it was cheaper to fix than buy a new one