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Unlicenced engineer okayed jets (Adelaide Now)MILLIONS of lives have been put in danger by an unqualified QANTAS mechanical engineer who signed off on the safety of more than 1000 international flights in the past year without having a licence to do so.

PIRATES HOLD MASTER AND ENGINEER (Maritime Global Net)PIRATES are still holding a master and chief engineer a week after they were kidnapped during an attack on their tug in the Malacca Strait, according to the latest International Maritime Bureau Weekly Report.

Qantas engineer 'falsified qualifications' (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)Qantas says Federal Police are investigating a mechanical engineer, who was based at Sydney International Airport, for falsifying his qualifications.

Fake Qantas engineer flies the coop (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)A man worked on Qantas planes for 12 months while posing as a senior engineer before management became suspicious about his credentials, a Qantas official says.

Phony engineer signed off on jets (Daily Telegraph)AN unqualified Qantas mechanical engineer signed off on the safety of more than 1000 international flights in the past year without having a licence to do so.

Safety fraud: Why Qantas engineer flew coop (News Interactive)A QANTAS engineer on the run after allegedly forging a licence and conducting safety checks on thousands of international aircraft was only caught because he was due for a payrise.

Qantas probe over fake engineer (The Australian)QANTAS has moved to plug loopholes that allowed an aircraft maintenance engineer to work for about a year using forged qualifications.