This wreckage should haunt Qantas
Wreckage of a BCPA four-engined DC-6 has lain since 1953 in a redwood forest south of San Francisco airport. It should haunt Qantas. The crash occurred because the Australian pilots of British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines had the despicable habit of flying a shortcut into the airport over mountaintops higher than those beneath the official flight path. BCPA was half-owned by the Australian government. After the crash, Qantas took over BCPA’s shell. Among the 19 passengers and crew killed when the …