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Tuesday update on Qantas probe, focused on oxygen tank

The latest on a story that broke over the weekend, about a Qantas jet enroute to Australia that had to make an emergency landing after an explosion ripped a hole in its side. Read what we know:

The Inquirer had an update this morning on the story over the weekend, about a Qantas jet enroute to Australia that had to make an emergency landing after an explosion ripped a hole in its side. Experts say the oxygen tanks involved are completely different from those that caused a ValuJet Airlines crash in 1996. Read yesterday's story here:

http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/nation_world/25977609.html

And this morning's story here:

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/business/20080729_Suspect_canisters_on_Qantas_were_unlike_ValuJet_s__experts_say.html