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Qantas flight in 2008 when a jet plummeted towards the ocean off Western Australia before making an emergency landing
Pretty sure it WAS NOT an emergency landing.
Excerpts from the ATSB Preliminary -
At 1249, the crew made a PAN emergency broadcast to air traffic control, advising that they had experienced ‘flight control computer problems’ and that some people had been injured. They requested a clearance to divert to and track direct to Learmonth, WA
At 1254, after receiving advice from the cabin crew of several serious injuries, the crew declared a MAYDAY...............A MAYDAY transmission is made in the case of a distress condition and where the flight crew requires immediate assistance