Jetstar A320 at Launceston on Jan 15th 2017, nose gear steering problem
Last Update: January 15, 2017 / 21:11:48 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 15, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Jetstar Airways
Flight number
JQ-741
Departure
Melbourne, Australia
Destination
Launceston, Australia
Aircraft Registration
VH-XSJ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
A passenger reported the captain announced they had a nose gear steering problem and needed to be towed to the apron.
The return flight JQ-740 was cancelled.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Launceston for about 4 hours, then performed flight JQ-750 to Sydney,NS (Australia) maintaining routine communication, but is on the ground in Sydney since (for about 10 hours).
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 15, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Jetstar Airways
Flight number
JQ-741
Departure
Melbourne, Australia
Destination
Launceston, Australia
Aircraft Registration
VH-XSJ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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