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Old 15th October 2008 | 23:11
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cavok69
 
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ABC News re Exmouth Comms base

This just heard / read on ABC news:-

Claims naval base signal caused Qantas nosedive - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Claims naval base signal caused Qantas nosedive

Posted 43 minutes ago
Updated 28 minutes ago
Air safety investigators say they will look into claims signals from a naval communications base near Exmouth in Western Australia's north may have caused last week's Qantas mid-air emergency.
Early last week a Qantas Airbus travelling from Singapore to Perth was forced to land near the town after nosediving hundreds of feet in seconds, injuring about 70 people.
A preliminary investigation by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) found a computer fault caused the aircraft to nosedive twice.
The ATSB says it will examine whether signals from the communications base could have sparked the glitch.
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