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Qantas has been forced to turn back five of its planes in less than a week due to a 'perfect storm' of events, a former airline pilot has claimed.
Richard de Crespigny admitted 'things go wrong in aviation' all the time as he weighed in on the disastrous week for the airline.
The first Qantas plane to turn back was a flight from Auckland to Sydney, with pilots issuing a mayday call on Wednesday.
Richard de Crespigny admitted 'things go wrong in aviation' all the time as he weighed in on the disastrous week for the airline
The first Qantas plane to turn back was a flight from Auckland to Sydney with pilots issuing a mayday call on Wednesday
The second was a Sydney to Fiji flight on Thursday, the third was a Melbourne to Sydney plane on Friday and the fourth a Canberra-bound flight later that day.
The most recent was a Qantas plane headed from Fiji to Sydney with crew turning around after noticing smoke in the cabin on Sunday.
'To be fair to Qantas, this is sort of a perfect storm of things going wrong,
