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  • [Date]: 30 January 1942
    [Location]: Timor Sea off Koepang
    [Aircraft type]: Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat
    [Registration]: G-AEUH
    [Description]: Shot down by Japanese aircraft; ex-Qantas VH-ABD, owned by Imperial Airways and operated by Qantas.
    [Total occupants]: 18
    [Fatalities]: 13
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  • [Date]: 28 February 1942
    [Location]: Between Tjilatjap, Netherlands East Indies and Broome, Australia
    [Aircraft type]: Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat
    [Registration]: G-AETZ
    [Description]: Nicknamed "Circe"Shot down by Japanese aircraft; owned by Imperial Airways and operated by Qantas.
    [Total occupants]: 20
    [Fatalities]: 20
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  • [Date]: 13 December 1951
    [Location]: Near Mount Hagen, central highlands of New Guinea
    [Aircraft type]: de Havilland DH.84 Dragon
    [Registration]: VH-URV
    [Description]: Crashed in mountainous country
    [Total occupants]: 3
    [Fatalities]: 3
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  • [Date]: 22 April 1943
    [Location]: Gulf of Papua off Port Moresby, Papua
    [Aircraft type]: Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat
    [Registration]: VH-ADU
    [Description]: Stalled in flare and broke up during emergency landing in open water in poor weather.
    [Total occupants]: 31
    [Fatalities]: 13
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  • [Date]: 4 September 1928
    [Location]: Adelaide Hills, Australia
    [Aircraft type]: de Havilland DH.50J
    [Registration]: G-AUHI
    [Description]: 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.
    [Total occupants]: 2
    [Fatalities]: 1
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  • [Date]: 24 March 1927
    [Location]: Tambo, Australia
    [Aircraft type]: Airco (later de Havilland) DH.9C
    [Registration]: G-AUED
    [Description]: Stalled at low altitude on approach to land. Pilot Alan Douglas Davidson
    [Total occupants]: 3
    [Fatalities]: 3
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Qantas has not had a fatal flight accident since 1951 and tops the safety rankings. Founded in 1920, Qantas is one of the few major airlines in the west that has never had a fatal accident. Although Qantas now has a good reputation, there have been no major accidents. But Qantas still keeps detailed records of problems with its planes, as well as of sudden accidents.

In the 14 Qantas incidents recorded by the random tool, it is clear that they occurred almost in the early 20th century. After this, Qantas pay more attention to aviation safety, equipment all-round review, greatly reduce the accident rate. Using the generator, we can see important information about when and where these early events occurred, the type of aircraft, a brief description of the event, and the total number of people injured.

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