A Qantas aircraft type Airbus A330-300 experienced a sudden change in altitude flight from Singapore to Perth, Australia. As a result, 74 injured and 51 of them had even treated in hospital.
According to the investigation from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), the failure of computer systems, aircraft, which caused the aircraft altitude changed dramatically. And speculation is circulating that the laptop used by passengers who cause the computer interference.
An electronic devices such as laptop can disrupt the system was reported on board the aircraft. However, investigators in states that still too early to point the laptop passengers as the cause of the event because this case is still in the stage of the investigation.
“Of course, in our discussions with the passengers, the questions will be asked is whether they use the computer when the events occurred,” said spokesman raised from the ATSB about the ongoing investigation.
Is not the first time when such electronic devices will inteference with the security of the aircraft. I heard, a story about a man beeing arrested because he did not want to turn off the laptop when the Qantas aircraft will be landed.
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I am from Australia and it is almost weekly that Qantas is in the news with a near miss type problem. They were once one of the best in air travel - no more.
I really can not see an electrical device like a notebook or games unit causing this, surely planes aren’t that fragile or the radio comms and satellite TV and phone in the plane itself would make them crash to the ground everyday. Methinks they are trying to shift the blame.
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