Qantas planes could be grounded in coming weeks, as professional engineers consider strike action.

After seven months of failed negotiations over pay and conditions, workers have voted in favour of industrial action.
Professional engineers are the only ones who can approve significant aircraft maintenance, and any strike would cause huge flight disruptions.
Members of the union will meet in Sydney and Melbourne today to decide how to proceed.
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