Nitrogen pumped in Qantas 747 oxygen tanks!

[Nottingham Nick]

POTENTIALLY fatal gas being pumped into a passenger jet's emergency oxygen tanks in Australia has sparked a worldwide safety investigation.

The Australian Safety Transport Bureau confirmed yesterday that Qantas engineers accidentally put nitrogen into the oxygen tanks of a Boeing 747 at Melbourne Airport.

Full story here.

I am lost for words! [:?]

Nick


PS Thanks again to SQFlyer for the link. [y]

[Darren Wheeler]

Ouch!! That's very worrying. For a start in the EU, Oxygen tanks should be white and Nitrogen should be black - hardly similar. Not sure what Australia use but either way there should be a great big label on the tank.