Pilots' Reaction To Mid-air Explosion Missing From Tape

THE cockpit voice recorder on the Qantas 747 at the centre of a major safety investigation does not include the dramatic moments when a three-metre hole was blasted in its fuselage.

Qantas Inflight Recorder Taped Over

THE inflight recording of the midair crisis that left Qantas Flight 30 with a gaping hole has been lost, automatically overwritten as the crew made an emergency landing, investigators have said.