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[–] officermike@lemmy.world 36 points 2 months ago (2 children)

For those who don't know, Qantas once repaired a damaged aircraft that would've otherwise been a write-off for the sake of maintaining their perfect no hull-loss record.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas_Flight_1

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)
[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No u in Qantas. It's an acronym. The Q stands for Queensland.

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago

No u

Hah thanks for that, edited the spelling

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago

To be fair it was cheaper to fix than buy a new one