Australian regulator announces special investigation into QantasAustralian civil aviation officials on Sunday announced a special review of Qantas after three mid-air dramas in the space of two weeks. The investigation by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) is the Australian federal agency responsible for the regulation of private and commercial flight. It was established on July 6 1995 when the air safety functions of the former Civil Aviation Authority of Australia were separated (CASA Ca´sa n. 1. A house or mansion. I saw that Enriquez had made no attempt to modernize the old casa, and that even the garden was left in its lawless native luxuriance. - Bret Harte. ) will take place over the next two weeks, spokesman Peter Gibson Peter Hansen Gibson (born April 14, 1971 in Greenwich, Connecticut) is the third of five children: Robert Christian Gibson Jr. (nicknamed, Gibby), Paula Elizabeth Gibson, Jeffrey Michael Gibson & Michael Patrick Gibson. said. "We have no evidence to suggest there are problems within Qantas, but we think it's prudent and wise to go in with a new special team and take an additional look at a range of operational issues within Qantas. "Clearly, there's been a number of incidents recently and it's important that we go in and double check and make sure that all the standards are being maintained." Qantas prides itself on its extremely good safety record, having never lost a jet plane to an accident, but recent incidents including a mid-air blast that ripped a large hole in the fuselage have dented its image. Gibson told AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. the review would concentrate on high-level systems and procedures within the company and would be headed by a senior CASA official, Mick Quinn. He said he did not believe the airline had ever been the subject of such a review before. The latest incident occurred on Saturday, when a Qantas Boeing 767 bound for Manila was forced to turn back to Sydney after developing a leak of hydraulic fluid hydraulic fluid toxic because of its high content of industrial triaryl phosphate. while in the air. On July 25, a Qantas Boeing 747-400 en route to Melbourne from Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. made an emergency landing in Manila after a blast believed to have been caused by an exploding oxygen cylinder ripped a large hole in its fuselage. Last Monday, a Qantas 737-800 was forced to return to Adelaide after a landing gear door failed to retract TO RETRACT. To withdraw a proposition or offer before it has been accepted. 2. This the party making it has a right to do is long as it has not been accepted; for no principle of law or equity can, under these circumstances, require him to persevere in it. . The incidents follow a series of media reports in Australia about concerns about the quality of maintenance amid an increase in the amount of such work outsourced to other countries. 
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