Jet’s engine explodes

If watching “Lost” each Wednesday isn’t enough to make you fear flying, read this:

Midair panic over Strait: Engine explodes on Jetstar flight

http://www.themercury.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,12600671%255E921,00.html

The airline on Monday defended the pilot’s decision to fly on to Melbourne, rather than return to Launceston, which is a picturequese city on the north coast of the island of Tasmania:

Airline supports decision to fly on

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,12619422%255E662,00.html

In case you’re not familiar with it, JetStar is the low-fare subsidiary of Qantas, which boasts of being the only airline in the world to have never lost a plane. JetStar flies a fleet of Boeing 717s, which it is replacing with Airbus A320s.

http://jetstar.com/