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{{Short description|2008 aviation incident}}
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{{Infobox aircraft occurrence
| name            = Qantas Flight 30
| image           = Qantas Flight 30 damage.png
| caption         = Damage sustained by the 747
| date            = {{start-date|25 July 2008|25 July 2008}}
| type            = In-flight explosion leading to structural damage<ref> due to an exploding oxygen tank
{{cite news |last=Lucas |first=Clay |author2=Cooper, Mex |author3=Smith, Bridie |author4=Burgess, Matthew |author5=Agencies |name-list-style=amp |title='It was absolutely terrifying' |work=[[The Age]] |date=26 July 2008 |url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/it-was-absolutely-terrifying-20080725-3l2y.html?page=-1 |access-date=26 July 2008 |location=Melbourne}}</ref><br/>[[Rapid decompression]]<ref name="ATSB_200824">{{cite press release |title=Qantas Boeing 747-400 depressurisation and diversion to Manila on 25 July 2008 |publisher=[[Australian Transport Safety Bureau]] |date=28 July 2008 |url=http://www.atsb.gov.au/newsroom/2008/release/2008_24.aspx |access-date=28 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803154036/http://www.atsb.gov.au/newsroom/2008/release/2008_24.aspx |archive-date=3 August 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| occurrence_type = Accident
| site            = [[South China Sea]] west of [[Luzon]], [[Philippines]]
| coords          = 
| plane1_image    = Qantas Boeing 747-400 VH-OJK LHR 2007-12-30.png
| plane1_caption  = VH-OJK, the aircraft involved, in December 2007
| occupants       = 365
| fatalities      = 0
| injuries        = 0
| aircraft_type   = [[Boeing 747-400|Boeing 747-438]]
| aircraft_name   = [[Newcastle, New South Wales|City of Newcastle]]<ref>
{{cite web |last=Jackson |first=Anthony |title=VH-OJK (CN:25067) Qantas Boeing 747-438 |work=Jetphotos.net |date=6 March 2008 |url=http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6200537&nseq=6 |access-date=26 July 2008}}</ref>
| operator        = [[Qantas]]
| tail_number     = {{Airreg|VH|OJK}}
| IATA            = QF30
| ICAO            = QFA30
| callsign        = QANTAS 30
| origin          = [[London Heathrow Airport]]
| stopover        = [[Hong Kong International Airport]]
| destination     = [[Melbourne Airport]]
| passengers      = 346
| crew            = 19
| survivors       = 365
| alt             = 
| missing         = 
| stopover0       = 
| last_stopover   = 
}}

'''Qantas Flight 30''', on 25 July 2008, a [[Boeing 747-400|Boeing 747-438]] operated by [[Qantas]], construction number 25067, registration VH-OJK, was a scheduled flight from [[Heathrow Airport|London Heathrow]] to [[Melbourne Airport|Melbourne]] with a stopover in [[Hong Kong International Airport|Hong Kong]].  The flight was interrupted on the Hong Kong to Melbourne leg by an exploding oxygen tank that ruptured the [[fuselage]] just forward of the starboard wing root.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/valve-in-oxygen-cylinder-the-culprit-in-747-explosion-20080728-3maq.html?page=-1 |location=Melbourne |work=The Age |title=Valve in oxygen cylinder the culprit in 747 explosion |first1=Craig |last1=Skehan |date=29 July 2008}}</ref> 53-year-old Captain John Bartels (who had flown for Qantas for 25 years and the [[Royal Australian Navy]] for 7 years) and his co-pilots, Bernd Werninghaus and Paul Tabac, made an emergency descent to a breathable altitude of about {{convert|10,000|feet|0}} and diverted to [[Ninoy Aquino International Airport]], [[Metro Manila]], Philippines. There were no injuries.

== Aircraft ==
The aircraft involved was a Boeing 747-438, [[Serial number|MSN]] 25067, [[Aircraft registration|registered]] as VH-OJK. It was delivered to Qantas in June 1991 and was equipped with four [[Rolls-Royce RB211|Rolls-Royce RB211-524G2]] engines.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Accident Boeing 747-438 VH-OJK |url=https://aviation-safety.net/asndb/321669 |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>

==In-flight accident==
The flight left Hong Kong on 25 July 2008 shortly after 9:00 am [[Hong Kong Time|HKT]] (0100 [[UTC]]).<ref name="bbcreport7524733">
{{cite news |title=Hole forces Qantas plane to land |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7524733.stm |date=25 July 2008 |access-date=25 July 2008}}</ref> At 10:17 HKT (0217 [[UTC]]), passengers and crew heard a loud bang; the [[Uncontrolled decompression|cabin depressurised]] and a hole in the floor of the passenger deck appeared, as well as a hole in the outside wall of the cargo deck.<ref name="ATSB-PrelimReport">{{cite web |title=Depressurisation, 475 km north-west of Manila, Philippines, Boeing Company 747-438, VH-OJK |work=Aviation Occurrence Investigation AO-2008-053 Preliminary |publisher=[[Australian Transport Safety Bureau]] |date=August 2008 |url=http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2008/AAIR/pdf/AO2008053_Prelim.pdf |access-date=29 August 2008}}</ref> During the emergency, parts of the aircraft's floor and ceiling collapsed.<ref name=emergland>{{cite news |title=Qantas flight makes emergency landing in Manila |publisher=AAP via news.com.au |date=25 July 2008 |url=http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,26058,24076175-5014090,00.html |access-date=26 July 2008 |archive-date=26 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726230908/http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,26058,24076175-5014090,00.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> Passengers reported that, despite the noise and the deployment of the oxygen masks, there was very little panic.<ref>{{cite news |author=Staff Writer |publisher=BBC News |date=25 July 2008 |access-date=25 July 2008 |title=Irishman on faulty fuselage jet |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7526320.stm}}</ref> The pilots conducted an emergency descent from {{convert|29,000|feet|0}} to ensure adequate oxygen supply for the passengers, reaching {{convert|10,000|feet|0}} by 10:24 HKT (02:24 UTC).<ref name="ATSB-PrelimReport" /><ref>
{{cite news |title=Qantas plane dives 20,000 feet after hole ripped mid-air in fuselage |publisher=Associated Press via Fox News |date=25 July 2008 |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/qantas-plane-dives-20000-feet-after-hole-ripped-mid-air-in-fuselage |access-date=26 July 2008}}</ref>

After the accident, four passengers said that their [[emergency oxygen system|oxygen masks]] did not deploy, whilst others had deteriorated elastic.<ref name="CNA27" /><ref name="ATSB Final Report">{{Cite web |date=22 November 2010 |title=Oxygen cylinder failure and depressurisation 475 km north-west of Manila, Philippines 25 July 2008 Boeing Company 747-438, VH-OJK |url=http://www.atsb.gov.au/media/2409291/ao2008053.pdf |access-date=10 June 2021 |website=Aviation Occurrence Investigation AO-2008-053 Final |publisher=Australian Transport Safety Bureau |id=AO-2008-053}}</ref>{{Rp|53}} It was stated that these passengers were deprived of oxygen until the plane had descended to a breathable altitude. The [[Australian Transport Safety Bureau]] interviewed passengers who reported problems with the oxygen masks as part of their investigation.<ref name="ATSB_200824" />

The hole in the fuselage&nbsp;– roughly in an inverted T-shape&nbsp;– was up to {{convert|2.01|m}} wide and approximately {{convert|1.52|m}} high, located on the right side of the fuselage, below cabin floor level and immediately forward of the wing. The wing-fuselage fairing was missing, revealing some palletised cargo in the hold.  However, the [[freight forwarder]] reported that all items on the manifest were accounted for.  Other than some items which were located near the cylinder and resulting hole, no other cargo or baggage on the flight was damaged.<ref name="ATSB-PrelimReport" />

There were no injuries.<ref name="ATSB Final Report" />{{Rp|3}}<ref>
{{cite press release |title=Qantas flight diverts to Manila |publisher=Qantas |date=25 July 2008 |url=http://www.qantas.com.au/regions/dyn/au/publicaffairs/details?ArticleID=2008/jul08/Q3792 |access-date=26 July 2008}}</ref> A few passengers reportedly displayed signs of nausea upon exiting the aircraft.<ref>
{{cite news |title=Qantas jet lands with gaping hole in fuselage |agency=Associated Press |work=USA Today |date=25 July 2008 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-07-25-Quantas_N.htm |access-date=20 August 2010}}</ref>

==Investigation==
The [[Australian Transport Safety Bureau]] (ATSB) led the investigation, sending four investigators to [[Manila]] to conduct a detailed inspection of the aircraft, with Qantas, the US  [[Federal Aviation Administration]], [[Boeing]], the Australian [[Civil Aviation Safety Authority]] and the Philippines [[Air Transportation Office|Civil Aviation Authority]] also involved.<ref name="ATSB_200824" /><ref name=emergland /><ref>{{cite press release |title=Boeing 747 diversion to Manila |publisher=[[Australian Transport Safety Bureau]] |date=25 July 2008 |url=http://www.atsb.gov.au/newsroom/2008/release/2008_22.aspx |access-date=26 July 2008 |archive-date=28 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080728235132/http://www.atsb.gov.au/newsroom/2008/release/2008_22.aspx |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=NTSBteam>
{{cite news |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2008/080725.html |title=NTSB sends team to Philippines to join Qantas 747 investigation |publisher=[[National Transportation Safety Board]] |location=Washington, DC |date=25 July 2008 |access-date=27 July 2008}}</ref><ref name="ATSB_200828">{{cite press release |url=http://www.atsb.gov.au/newsroom/2008/release/2008_26.aspx |title=Investigation into Boeing 747-400 depressurisation and diversion to Manila, Philippines |publisher=[[Australian Transport Safety Bureau]] |date=30 July 2008 |access-date=30 July 2008 |archive-date=25 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025032324/http://atsb.gov.au/newsroom/2008/release/2008_26.aspx |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Soon after the accident, the ATSB announced that air safety investigators found that an [[Gas cylinder|oxygen cylinder]] which was located in the area of the explosion had not been accounted for, but that it was too early to say that an oxygen cylinder could be the cause of the mid-air explosion on QF30.  Regardless, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority ordered Qantas to inspect all of its oxygen cylinders and brackets which hold the cylinders on its Boeing 747 fleet.<ref name="ATSB_200824" /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hMIUmumwXi9Wyk7t_jvUa5hSh94A |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803061033/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hMIUmumwXi9Wyk7t_jvUa5hSh94A |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 August 2008 |work=[[Agence France Press]] |title=Qantas jet probe focuses on exploding oxygen cylinder |date=27 July 2008 |access-date=27 July 2008}}</ref><ref>
{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSSP22954820080727 |work=[[Reuters]] |title=Qantas to inspect oxygen bottles after 747 emergency |date=27 July 2008 |access-date=27 July 2008}}</ref> The valve and mounting brackets were found, but not the bottle, number four of thirteen fitted in that bank.<ref>{{cite news |last=Creedy |first=Steve |title=Jet's oxygen bottle parts found |work=[[The Australian]] |date=29 July 2008 |url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24093503-2702,00.html |access-date=29 July 2008 |archive-date=19 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219183728/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24093503-2702,00.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> A senior investigator, Neville Blyth, reported that the cylinder valve was found inside the cabin, having punched a hole "at least twenty centimetres in diameter" through the cabin floor.<ref>
{{cite news |last=Skehan |first=Craig |date=29 July 2008 |title=Valve in oxygen cylinder the culprit in 747 explosion |work=[[The Age]] |location=Melbourne |url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/valve-in-oxygen-cylinder-the-culprit-in-747-explosion-20080728-3maq.html?page=-1 |access-date=29 July 2008}}</ref>

Blyth said that the [[flight recorder]]s were to be analysed in the [[Canberra]] laboratories of the ATSB.<ref name=AFPCNA>{{cite news |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/cna/cgi-bin/search/search_7days.pl?status=&search=Qantas&id=363293 |title=Investigators find metal fragments in stricken Qantas plane |date=28 July 2008 |publisher=Agence France Press (via Channel News Asia) |access-date=29 July 2008 |archive-date=25 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225191754/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/cna/cgi-bin/search/search_7days.pl?status=&search=Qantas&id=363293 |url-status=dead}}</ref> However, because the plane had remained airborne and operational throughout the incident, the [[cockpit voice recorder]] does not contain records of the initial event itself; its two-hour memory had been overwritten with recordings taking place after this event, during the diversion and landing. The twenty-four-hour [[flight data recorder]] does contain data covering the entire incident.<ref name="bbcreport753257">
{{cite news |title='Tank exploded' on Qantas jet |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7532357.stm |date=30 July 2008 |access-date=30 July 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Skehan |first1=Craig |last2=Bibby |first2=Paul |date=30 July 2008 |title=Qantas inflight recorder taped over |publisher=Canberra Times |url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/national/national/general/qantas-inflight-recorder-taped-over/1229881.aspx |url-status=dead |access-date=30 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925210449/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/national/national/general/qantas-inflight-recorder-taped-over/1229881.aspx |archive-date=25 September 2008 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>
{{cite news |last=Skehan |first=Craig |date=30 July 2008 |title=Pilots' reaction to explosion missing from tape |publisher=The Age |location=Melbourne |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/07/30/1217097287078.html}}</ref>

On 29 August, the ATSB gave an update confirming further aspects of the initial investigation.  They stated that these initial investigations had found that the aircraft took about five and a half minutes to descend from the decompression event at 29,000 feet to the altitude of 10,000 feet and that it appeared that part of an oxygen cylinder and its valve had entered the passenger cabin, then impacted with the number 2 right door handle, turning it part way.  The ATSB noted that there was no risk of the door being opened by this movement, with the door systems performing as designed.  All three of the aircraft's [[instrument landing system]]s as well as the anti-skid braking system were unavailable for the landing; the pilots subsequently landed the aircraft without using those systems. Most of the oxygen masks deployed in the incident, with 426 out of the 476 deployed being activated by the 346 passengers, pulling them down to activate the flow of oxygen.<ref name="ATSB_200833">{{cite press release |url=http://www.atsb.gov.au/newsroom/2008/release/2008_33.aspx |title=Depressurisation, 475 km north-west of Manila, Philippines, 25 July 2008, Boeing Company 747-438, VH-OJK |publisher=[[Australian Transport Safety Bureau]] |date=29 August 2008 |access-date=16 April 2009 |archive-date=29 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129115947/http://www.atsb.gov.au/newsroom/2008/release/2008_33.aspx |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Preliminary findings===
The cause of the [[aviation accident|accident]] was an exploding [[oxygen tank]] in the cargo area, according to a preliminary finding by the ATSB:<ref name="ATSB-2008-053">
{{cite book |title=Depressurisation – VH-OJK, Boeing 747-438, 475 km north-west of Manila Airport, Philippines 25 July 2008 |publisher=[[Australian Transport Safety Bureau]] |date=2009-03-06 |url=http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2008/aair/ao-2008-053.aspx |isbn=978-1-921490-65-1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916081032/http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2008/aair/ao-2008-053.aspx |archive-date=2009-09-16}}</ref><blockquote>Inspection of the aircraft by the operator's personnel and Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigators, revealed a rupture in the lower right side of the fuselage, immediately beneath the wing leading edge-to-fuselage transition fairing. The rupture extended for approximately 2 metres along the length of the aircraft and 1.5 metres vertically. It was evident that one passenger oxygen cylinder (number-4 from a bank of seven cylinders along the right side of the cargo hold) had sustained a sudden failure and forceful discharge of its pressurised contents, rupturing the fuselage and propelling the cylinder upward, puncturing the cabin floor and entering the cabin adjacent to the second main cabin door. The cylinder had impacted the door frame, door handle and overhead panelling, before presumably falling to the cabin floor and exiting the aircraft through the ruptured fuselage, as the cylinder was not located within the aircraft.</blockquote>

===Other safety concerns===
Some [[oxygen masks]] that were deployed after the blast failed to function properly. Some passengers were forced to share a mask when the plane depressurised, while others panicked when some masks failed to deploy.<ref name="CNA27">
{{cite news |url=https://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20080727-79038.html |title=Oxygen masks faulted on Australian jet |date=27 July 2008 |work=[[AsiaOne]] |access-date=29 July 2008}}</ref> The FAA had recently issued [[airworthiness]] directives regarding problems with the masks on this and several other Boeing commercial aircraft models.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgAD.nsf/WebSearchDefault?SearchView&Query=Boeing%20AND%20passenger%20AND%20masks%20AND%202008 |title=Airworthiness directives |access-date=11 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608084206/http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgAD.nsf/WebSearchDefault?SearchView&Query=Boeing%20AND%20passenger%20AND%20masks%20AND%202008 |archive-date=8 June 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The ATSB issued two ''Safety Advisory Notices'', advising responsible organisations to review procedures, equipment, techniques and personnel qualifications for maintenance, inspection and handling of aviation oxygen cylinders.<ref>[http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/recommendations/2008/AO-2008-053-SAN-006.aspx AO-2008-053-SAN-006] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919024754/http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/recommendations/2008/AO-2008-053-SAN-006.aspx |date=19 September 2008 }} ATSB, 29 August 2008</ref><ref>[http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/recommendations/2008/AO-2008-053-SAN-007.aspx AO-2008-053-SAN-007] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223172601/http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/recommendations/2008/AO-2008-053-SAN-007.aspx |date=23 February 2009 }} ATSB, 29 August 2008</ref>

===ATSB final report===

Just over two years after the incident, the final report of the event was released on 22 November 2010.<ref name="ATSB Final Report" />

From the summary released by the ATSB:
<blockquote>"On 25 July 2008, a Boeing Company 747-438 aircraft carrying 369 passengers and crew rapidly depressurised following the forceful rupture of one of the aircraft's emergency oxygen cylinders in the forward cargo hold. The aircraft was cruising at 29,000 ft and was 55 minutes into a flight between Hong Kong and Melbourne."</blockquote>

<blockquote>"Following an emergency descent to 10,000 ft, the flight crew diverted the aircraft to Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Manila, Philippines, where it landed safely. None of the passengers or crew sustained any physical injury."</blockquote>

<blockquote>"A team of investigators, led by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) and including representatives from the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA), Boeing and the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) examined the aircraft on the ground in Manila. From that work, it was evident that the oxygen cylinder (number-4 in a bank along the right side of the forward cargo hold) had burst in such a way as to rupture the adjacent fuselage wall and be propelled upwards; puncturing the cabin floor and impacting the frame and handle of the R2 door and the overhead cabin panelling. No part of the cylinder (other than the valve assembly) was recovered and it was presumed lost from the aircraft during the depressurisation."</blockquote>

<blockquote>"The ATSB undertook a close and detailed study of the cylinder type, including a review of all possible failure scenarios and an engineering evaluation of other cylinders from the same production batch and of the type in general. It was evident that the cylinder had failed by bursting through, or around the base – allowing the release of pressurised contents to project it vertically upwards. While it was hypothesised that the cylinder may have contained a defect or flaw, or been damaged in a way that promoted failure, there was no evidence found to support such a finding. Nor was there any evidence found to suggest the cylinders from the subject production batch, or the type in general, were in any way predisposed to premature failure."</blockquote>

==Repairs==
Repairs to the aircraft were conducted in Manila by Boeing. It was ferried to [[Avalon Airport|Avalon]] on 10 November 2008. The original captain and first officer were part of the ferry crew. The only work that remained to be done at that point was replacement of the carpets and seat covers.  On 18 November 2008, with all work complete, the aircraft was damaged again when another Qantas [[Boeing 747]] collided with it at Avalon.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ham |first=Larissa |title=Qantas jets collide at airport |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=18 November 2008 |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/news/what-a-drag-qantas-jumbos-collide/2008/11/18/1226770427139.html |access-date=18 November 2008}}</ref>

==IFALPA==
In early 2010, the [[International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations]] awarded the [[Polaris Award]] to Captain John Bartels and his flight crew.{{Cn|date=May 2025}}

==References==
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==External links==
{{Wikinews|Qantas ordered to check oxygen cylinders}}
*{{cite news |author=Flight Podcast |date=17 April 2011 |url=http://www.flightpodcast.com/episode-6-john-bartels-qantas-qf30 |publisher=FlightPodcast.com |title=Audio Interview with Captain John Bartels & ATSB (QF30) |access-date=24 April 2011}}
*{{cite news |author=Australian Frequent Flyer |date=15 June 2019 |url=https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/affonair-jb747-qantas-career/ |publisher=australianfrequentflyer.com.au |title=Audio Interview with Captain John Bartels (discussion of QF30 incident starts at 17:37) |access-date=4 April 2022}}
*{{cite news |last=Wray |first=James |date=25 July 2008 |url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/features/article_1419475.php |publisher=MonsterAndCritics.com |title=In photos Philippines Qantas plane emergency landing |access-date=25 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225202611/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/features/article_1419475.php |archive-date=25 February 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}
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