Exploding oxygen tank hit cabin of Qantas jet - investigator

AUSTRALIA: An air safety investigator confirmed Wednesday that an exploding oxygen cylinder in the hold of a packed Qantas jetliner caused the large hole in the fuselage that forced the plane to make an emergency landing.

The explosion last Friday during a flight from London to Melbourne forced the pilots of the Boeing 747-400 to rapidly descend thousands of feet (meters) and make an emergency landing in the Philippines.

Canberra, Wednesday, AP