Firearms on baggage carousels and bags crushed: internal memos reveal Qantas ground safety incidents
The safety memos, released by the Transport Workers' Union and all dated this year, were written by managers at Swissport, which took over baggage handling for Qantas in December
Staff loading Qantas flights have been injured, a staircase rolled away from a plane while the cabin door was open, baggage containers have been damaged and firearms have been left unattended on carousels, according to internal memos released by the Transport Workers' Union.
The safety memos, which date from between January and July this year, were written by managers at Swissport, which took over baggage handling for Qantas in December after the airline sacked 2,000 workers in an outsourcing move the federal court found was illegal. Qantas has consistently denied it did anything unlawful and is appealing the decision.
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