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Dates: during 2010-2019
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...violated maintenance regulations and concealed broken aircraft parts. A Qantas spokesperson said that at all times the planes had met regulatory requirements and that the CAAV brought up only "quality, not safety concerns." Thayer, however, predicts that Vietnam will try and continue to try to find small oversights to "extort" Qantas like they did ABN AMRO more than three years ago. "They just find one little mistake and the foreigner is wrong," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jetstar Detentions Raise Red Flags for Investors in Vietnam | 1/15/2010 | See Source »

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