Surely this is a complete wind up, even from the SMH:
Qantas grounded two 747-700 jumbo jets in Sydney last week after engineers found a 75-centimetre crack in a fuselage
Sounds like there was a loose nut behind the keyboard...
Interesting piece in the latest AA on QANTAS, suggesting their own 'doom and gloom' releases on topics such as the Air NZ agreement, 'only' making $500m last year etc are creating a negative public image that encourages further negative press, sort of creating their own self-fulfilling prophecy...