A Qantas Airways Boeing ... and just ahead of the plane, another 747 has aborted its approach at the last minute. The 391 passengers and 19 crew are eager to get down on the ground.

"The plane lost pressure, so the pilot had to get the aircraft down below 12,000 feet pretty quickly," said Mr. Vandel. Geoff Dixon, the chief executive officer of Qantas, praised the pilots and ...

Passengers on a recent Qantas Airways flight from Sydney to Johannesburg might've noticed some very unusual cargo on board. The airline patched a fifth engine onto the wing of the Boeing 747 ...