Around the World: Australia

Jet causes trouble again

A Qantas jetliner that was damaged by a midair explosion in July collided yesterday with another of the airline's planes on an Australian airport tarmac, airline officials said.

Both Boeing 747 jets were damaged when they ran into each other while being towed at the Qantas maintenance base at Avalon Airport outside Melbourne, Qantas general manager of engineering David Cox said in a statement. No passengers were aboard.