Opinion: You say who’s investigating the plane with the hole?

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Early reports say that government officials are hands-off, leaving it to Australian airline Qantas to investigate this ‘explosive decompression’ that poked a gaping hole in its fuselage and forced an emergency landing in Manila. Guess it’s understandable if the Manila officials dont want to get involved. But wouldn’t aviation authorities in England, where the plane took off, and Australia be flying investigators to the site, with orders for Qantas to keep hands off?

If this was crime-related, should amateurs be messing with the scene? If it was a maintenance problem or airplane malfunction, should the people with a vested interest be messing with the scene?