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While ] has never had a fatal jet ] accident, the ] national airline suffered several losses in its early days before the widespread adoption of the jet engine in civilian aviation.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,26058,23199918-5009000,00.html|title=Qantas safety record under threat|last=Creedy|first=Steve|date=2008-02-12|publisher=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=2008-05-14}}</ref> These were mainly ] or ] servicing routes in ] and ].<ref>{{cite web|title=History: Venturing Overseas|publisher=Qantas Airways Limited|url=http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/history/details8|accessdate = 2008-05-14 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080501202337/http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/history/details8 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-05-01}}</ref> The incidents between 1942 and 1944 were during ], when Qantas Empire Airways operated on behalf of the military.<ref name="war">{{cite web|title=History: The World at War|publisher=Qantas Airways Limited|url=http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/history/details10|accessdate = 2008-05-14 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080501202322/http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/history/details10 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-05-01}}</ref> While strictly speaking not accidents, the shooting down of G-AETZ and G-AEUH is included for completeness. In 2014, Qantas was rated the world's safest airline by Airline Ratings.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Geoffrey|first1=Thomas|title=AirlineRatings.com names the top ten safest airlines|url=http://www.airlineratings.com/news/201/qantas-the-safest-airline|website=http://www.airlineratings.com/news/201/qantas-the-safest-airline|publisher=Airline Ratings|accessdate=6 August 2014}}</ref>
While ] has never had a fatal jet ] accident. QANTAS was rated the world's safest airline by Airline Ratings for three years in a row including 2016, 2015 and 2014.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Geoffrey|first1=Thomas|title=AirlineRatings.com names the top ten safest airlines|url=http://www.airlineratings.com/news/201/qantas-the-safest-airline|website=http://www.airlineratings.com/news/201/qantas-the-safest-airline|publisher=Airline Ratings|accessdate=6 August 2014}}</ref> Although one QANTAS A380 has had an engine explode, they successfully landed the plane wth no deaths and they managed to fix the plane.
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! width="8%" | Date
! width="15%" class="unsortable" | Location
! width="15%" class="unsortable" | Aircraft type
! width="8%" | Registration
! width="30%" class="unsortable" | Description
! width="8%" | Aboard
! width="8%" | Fatalities
! width="8%" class="unsortable" | References
|-
| align="center" | 24 March 1927
| align="center" | ], ]
| align="center" | ]
| align="center" | G-AUED
| ] at low altitude on approach to land. Pilot ]
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" |0
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/114375|title=G-AUED Airco aeroplane|publisher=John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland|accessdate=2008-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1927/1927-3.htm|title=24 Mar 1927|last=Kebabjian|first=Richard|date=1997–2008|accessdate=2008-05-13}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | 4 September 1928
| align="center" | ], ]
| align="center" | ]
| align="center" | G-AUHI
| Following a tour carrying ], aircraft departed ] piloted by ] with engineer as passenger; lost control in cloud during attempt to cross the Adelaide Hills and aircraft crashed and caught fire killing the engineer. See ]
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" |0
| align="center" | <ref>Fysh, Sir Wilmot Hudson (1965). pp. 196--197, p. 285.</ref>
|-
| align="center" | 3 October 1934
| align="center" | Near ], ]
| align="center" | ]
| align="center" | VH-UHE
| Crashed after in-flight loss of control, possibly stalled at low altitude in dusty low-visibility conditions.
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" |0
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/134578|title=Atalanta, a De Havilland DH50 biplane VH-UHE, ca. 1930|publisher=John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland|accessdate=2008-05-13}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | 15 November 1934
| align="center" | Near ], ]
| align="center" | ]
| align="center" | VH-USG
| Crashed on its delivery flight from England to Brisbane after in-flight loss of control, probably due to the type's ].
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" |0
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ntlib.nt.gov.au/ntlpicweb/scripts/ExtSearch.asp?SearchTerm=09641|title=QANTAS DH 86 VH - USG at Darwin airport with crew|publisher=Northern Territory Library and Information Service|accessdate=2008-05-13}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ntlib.nt.gov.au/ntlpicweb/scripts/ExtSearch.asp?SearchTerm=15096|title=Aeroplane|publisher=Northern Territory Library and Information Service|accessdate=2008-05-13}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ntlib.nt.gov.au/ntlpicweb/scripts/ExtSearch.asp?SearchTerm=18643|title=Airmen|publisher=Northern Territory Library and Information Service|accessdate=2008-05-13}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ntlib.nt.gov.au/ntlpicweb/scripts/ExtSearch.asp?SearchTerm=18734|title=Aeroplane|publisher=Northern Territory Library and Information Service|accessdate=2008-05-13}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1934/1934-22.htm|title=15 Nov 1934|last=Kebabjian|first=Richard|date=1997–2008|accessdate=2008-05-13}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | 30 January 1942
| align="center" | ] off ]
| align="center" | ]
| align="center" | G-AEUH
| Shot down by Japanese aircraft; ex-Qantas VH-ABD, owned by ] and operated by Qantas.
| align="center" | 18
| align="center" |0
| align="center" | <ref name="war"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ntl.nt.gov.au/collections/personal_papers_collection/guide_to_papers_of_ray_shepherd|title=Papers of Ray Shepherd, File A20, ACC G-AEUH|publisher=Northern Territory Library and Information Service|accessdate=2008-05-13}}</ref><ref name="wynum">Graham, Wynnum B. (2001). Retrieved on 2008-05-13.</ref>
|-
| align="center" | 20 February 1942
| align="center" | ], ]
| align="center" | ]
| align="center" | VH-USE
| Lost control after take-off in stormy weather, possibly broke up in flight (tail fin found a mile from the crash site).
| align="center" | 9
| align="center" |0
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/136510|title=De Havilland 86A owned by Qantas Empire Airways, ca. 1940|publisher=John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland|accessdate=2008-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ntlib.nt.gov.au/ntlpicweb/scripts/ExtSearch.asp?SearchTerm=14671|title=Qantas DH86|publisher=Northern Territory Library and Information Service|accessdate=2008-05-13}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ntlib.nt.gov.au/ntlpicweb/scripts/ExtSearch.asp?SearchTerm=14674|title=Qantas DH86|publisher=Northern Territory Library and Information Service|accessdate=2008-05-13}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1942/1942-8.htm|title=20 Feb 1942|last=Kebabjian|first=Richard|date=1997–2008|accessdate=2008-05-13}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | 28 February 1942
| align="center" | Between ], ] and ], Australia
| align="center" | ]
| align="center" | G-AETZ
| Nicknamed "Circe"<br>Shot down by Japanese aircraft; owned by ] and operated by Qantas.
| align="center" | 20
| align="center" |0
| align="center" | <ref></ref>
|-
| align="center" | 22 April 1943
| align="center" | ] off ], ]
| align="center" | ]
| align="center" | VH-ADU
| Stalled in flare and broke up during emergency landing in open water in poor weather.
| align="center" | 31
| align="center" |0
| align="center" | <ref name="wynum"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/P02557.009|title=AWM Collection Record: P02557.009|publisher=Australian War Memorial Collection|accessdate=2008-05-13}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | 26 November 1943
| align="center" | ], ]
| align="center" | ]
| align="center" | 42-68348
| Struck hill after take-off; ] aircraft operated by Qantas for Allied Directorate of Air Transport.
| align="center" | 15
| align="center" |0
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adastron.com/lockheed/lock1.htm|title=Lodestar|last=Cuskelly|first=Ron|date=1997–2000|accessdate=2008-05-13}}</ref><ref>Francillon, Rene J. (1987).</ref>
|-
| align="center" | 11 October 1944
| align="center" | ], ], ]
| align="center" | ]
| align="center" | VH-ABB
| On ] with one engine shut-down, stalled {{convert|3|m|0}} above the water and hull ruptured on impact.
| align="center" | 30
| align="center" |0
| align="center" | <ref name="wynum"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ntlib.nt.gov.au/ntlpicweb/scripts/ExtSearch.asp?SearchTerm=14981|title=Aeroplane|publisher=Northern Territory Library and Information Service|accessdate=2008-05-13}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/119769|title=Qantas Short C Class Empire flying boat VH-ABB 'Coolangatta', ca. 1940|publisher=John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland|accessdate=2008-05-13}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | 23 March 1946
| align="center" | ]
| align="center" | ]
| align="center" | G-AGLX
| Aircraft ] between ] and the ], cause unknown; aircraft owned by ] and operated by both airlines on Sydney-London services (BOAC crews operated London-] and Qantas crews Karachi-Sydney).
| align="center" | 10
| align="center" |0
| align="center" | <ref>Livingstone, Bob (1998). p. 122.</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|author2=Lujan, Fabian I. |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19460323-0|title=Avro 691 Lancastrian 1 G-AGLX Indian Ocean|date=2003|accessdate=2008-05-14}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | 16 July 1951
| align="center" | ] near ], ]
| align="center" | ]
| align="center" | VH-EBQ
| Crashed in sea after centre propeller failure.
| align="center" | 7
| align="center" |0
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1951/1951-37.htm|title=16 Jul 1951|last=Kebabjian|first=Richard|date=1997–2008|accessdate=2010-06-30}}</ref>
|}

==Notes==
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==References== ==References==

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Short S.23 Empire flying boat VH-ABB, which crashed in 1944.

While Qantas has never had a fatal jet airliner accident, the Australian national airline suffered several losses in its early days before the widespread adoption of the jet engine in civilian aviation. These were mainly biplanes or flying boats servicing routes in Queensland and New Guinea. The incidents between 1942 and 1944 were during World War II, when Qantas Empire Airways operated on behalf of the military. While strictly speaking not accidents, the shooting down of G-AETZ and G-AEUH is included for completeness. In 2014, Qantas was rated the world's safest airline by Airline Ratings.

Date Location Aircraft type Registration Description Aboard Fatalities References
24 March 1927 Tambo, Australia Airco (later de Havilland) DH.9C G-AUED Stalled at low altitude on approach to land. Pilot Alan Douglas Davidson 3 0
4 September 1928 Adelaide Hills, Australia de Havilland DH.50J G-AUHI Following a tour carrying Sir John Salmond, aircraft departed Adelaide piloted by C. W. A. Scott with engineer as passenger; lost control in cloud during attempt to cross the Adelaide Hills and aircraft crashed and caught fire killing the engineer. See C. W. A. Scott's DH.50J Hermes, fatal crash. 2 0
3 October 1934 Near Winton, Australia de Havilland DH.50A VH-UHE Crashed after in-flight loss of control, possibly stalled at low altitude in dusty low-visibility conditions. 3 0
15 November 1934 Near Longreach, Australia de Havilland DH.86 VH-USG Crashed on its delivery flight from England to Brisbane after in-flight loss of control, probably due to the type's design deficiencies. 4 0
30 January 1942 Timor Sea off Koepang Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat G-AEUH Shot down by Japanese aircraft; ex-Qantas VH-ABD, owned by Imperial Airways and operated by Qantas. 18 0
20 February 1942 Brisbane, Australia de Havilland DH.86 VH-USE Lost control after take-off in stormy weather, possibly broke up in flight (tail fin found a mile from the crash site). 9 0
28 February 1942 Between Tjilatjap, Netherlands East Indies and Broome, Australia Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat G-AETZ Nicknamed "Circe"
Shot down by Japanese aircraft; owned by Imperial Airways and operated by Qantas. 		20 0
22 April 1943 Gulf of Papua off Port Moresby, Papua Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat VH-ADU Stalled in flare and broke up during emergency landing in open water in poor weather. 31 0
26 November 1943 Port Moresby, Papua Lockheed C-56B Lodestar 42-68348 Struck hill after take-off; USAAF aircraft operated by Qantas for Allied Directorate of Air Transport. 15 0
11 October 1944 Rose Bay, Sydney, Australia Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat VH-ABB On final approach with one engine shut-down, stalled 3 metres (10 ft) above the water and hull ruptured on impact. 30 0
23 March 1946 Indian Ocean Avro Lancastrian G-AGLX Aircraft disappeared between Colombo and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, cause unknown; aircraft owned by BOAC and operated by both airlines on Sydney-London services (BOAC crews operated London-Karachi and Qantas crews Karachi-Sydney). 10 0
16 July 1951 Huon Gulf near Lae, Papua New Guinea de Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover VH-EBQ Crashed in sea after centre propeller failure. 7 0

Notes

  1. Creedy, Steve (2008-02-12). "Qantas safety record under threat". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
  2. "History: Venturing Overseas". Qantas Airways Limited. Archived from the original on 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
  3. ^ "History: The World at War". Qantas Airways Limited. Archived from the original on 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
  4. Geoffrey, Thomas. "AirlineRatings.com names the top ten safest airlines". http://www.airlineratings.com/news/201/qantas-the-safest-airline. Airline Ratings. Retrieved 6 August 2014. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
  5. "G-AUED Airco aeroplane". John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
  6. Kebabjian, Richard (1997–2008). "24 Mar 1927". Retrieved 2008-05-13.
  7. Fysh, Sir Wilmot Hudson (1965). pp. 196--197, p. 285.
  8. "Atalanta, a De Havilland DH50 biplane VH-UHE, ca. 1930". John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
  9. "QANTAS DH 86 VH - USG at Darwin airport with crew". Northern Territory Library and Information Service. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
  10. "Aeroplane". Northern Territory Library and Information Service. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
  11. "Airmen". Northern Territory Library and Information Service. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
  12. "Aeroplane". Northern Territory Library and Information Service. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
  13. Kebabjian, Richard (1997–2008). "15 Nov 1934". Retrieved 2008-05-13.
  14. "Papers of Ray Shepherd, File A20, ACC G-AEUH". Northern Territory Library and Information Service. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
  15. ^ Graham, Wynnum B. (2001). Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
  16. "De Havilland 86A owned by Qantas Empire Airways, ca. 1940". John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
  17. "Qantas DH86". Northern Territory Library and Information Service. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
  18. "Qantas DH86". Northern Territory Library and Information Service. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
  19. Kebabjian, Richard (1997–2008). "20 Feb 1942". Retrieved 2008-05-13.
  20. Pacific Wreck website
  21. "AWM Collection Record: P02557.009". Australian War Memorial Collection. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
  22. Cuskelly, Ron (1997–2000). "Lodestar". Retrieved 2008-05-13.
  23. Francillon, Rene J. (1987).
  24. "Aeroplane". Northern Territory Library and Information Service. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
  25. "Qantas Short C Class Empire flying boat VH-ABB 'Coolangatta', ca. 1940". John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
  26. Livingstone, Bob (1998). p. 122.
  27. Ranter, Harro; Lujan, Fabian I. (2003). "Avro 691 Lancastrian 1 G-AGLX Indian Ocean". Retrieved 2008-05-14.
  28. Kebabjian, Richard (1997–2008). "16 Jul 1951". Retrieved 2010-06-30.

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