Jetstar A320 at Darwin on Feb 16th 2016, haze in cabin

Last Update: February 17, 2016 / 21:54:18 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 16, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
JQ-677

Aircraft Registration
VH-VGP

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Jetstar Airbus A320-200, registration VH-VGP performing flight JQ-677 from Darwin,NT to Melbourne,VI (Australia), was climbing through FL200 out of Darwin when the crew decided to return to Darwin reporting haze in the cabin. The aircraft landed safely back on Darwin's runway 29 about 25 minutes after departure.

A replacement A320-200 registration VH-VQM was dispatched from Melbourne to Darwin and reached Melbourne as flight JQ-7301 with a delay of 10 hours.

The occurrence aircraft was able to position to Melbourne about 13 hours after landing, remained on the ground in Melbourne again for more than 24 hours and resumed service 50 hours after landing back in Darwin.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 16, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
JQ-677

Aircraft Registration
VH-VGP

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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