Jetstar A320 at Melbourne on Oct 20th 2018, odour sickens two flight attendants
Last Update: October 20, 2018 / 16:56:47 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 20, 2018
Classification
Accident
Airline
Jetstar Airways
Flight number
JQ-772
Departure
Melbourne, Australia
Destination
Adelaide, Australia
Aircraft Registration
VH-VQL
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The airline reported the two flight attendants were taken to a hospital for observation. The odour potentially came from some cleaning product, it remains unclear however what caused the sickness of the flight attendants.
A replacement A321-200 registration VH-VWZ reached Adelaide with a delay of 4.5 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 16 hours after landing back.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 20, 2018
Classification
Accident
Airline
Jetstar Airways
Flight number
JQ-772
Departure
Melbourne, Australia
Destination
Adelaide, Australia
Aircraft Registration
VH-VQL
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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