Virgin Australia B738 near Denpasar on Apr 25th 2014, squawked unlawful interference

Last Update: April 25, 2014 / 09:07:59 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 25, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Virgin Australia

Flight number
VA-41

Departure
Brisbane, Australia

Destination
Denpasar, Indonesia

Aircraft Registration
VH-YIF

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800, registration VH-YIF performing flight VA-41 from Brisbane,QL (Australia) to Denpasar (Indonesia) with 137 passengers and 6 crew, was enroute at FL380 about 260nm southeast of Bali/Denpasar when the aircraft began to squawk the code for unlawful interference, the crew did not communicate with air traffic control but continued according to flight plan and landed safely on Denpasar's runway 27 about 35 minutes later at 14:43L (06:43Z). The aircraft stopped at the end of the runway. About one hour after landing and coming to a stop radio contact was restored and the aircraft taxied to the apron.

Shortly after landing Indonesia's Air Force confirmed they are currently treating the occurrence as a possible hijack. They are currently trying to establish communication with the aircraft, so far to no avail. About one hour after landing the Air Force stated that it was not a case of hijack.

The airline reported there has been a miscommunication between captain and air traffic control, a passenger was banging onto the cockpit door in the attempt to enter the cockpit but did not make it into the cockpit.

Denpasar's Criminal Police reported one male offender (28, Australian citizen) has been arrested without resistance and is being interviewed for the motives of his hijack attempt. Interviews with all others involved are ongoing as well. The interviews so far indicate the crew activated the unlawful interference transponder code because someone was banging onto the cockpit door.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 25, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Virgin Australia

Flight number
VA-41

Departure
Brisbane, Australia

Destination
Denpasar, Indonesia

Aircraft Registration
VH-YIF

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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