Virgin Australia B738 at Brisbane on Jun 4th 2018, burst tyre on departure
Last Update: June 5, 2018 / 11:34:41 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 4, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Virgin Australia
Flight number
VA-474
Departure
Brisbane, Australia
Destination
Perth, Australia
Aircraft Registration
VH-VUG
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
The flight was cancelled.
The airline reported the aircraft returned to Brisbane due to an engineering issue, the flight was cancelled.
The airline later added, that it was identified the aircraft received a bird strike.
A passenger reacted with surprise to the announcement by the airline and stated, the captain had announced a tyre had popped.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 4, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Virgin Australia
Flight number
VA-474
Departure
Brisbane, Australia
Destination
Perth, Australia
Aircraft Registration
VH-VUG
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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