Virgin Blue incident at Sydney? 15/01/09
 

Hi,

Just received a message via text of an apparent incident involving a Virgin Blue jet at Sydney. Possibly a wheels-up landing? Can anyone confirm?

Dan

Nothing in the newspapers, so I doubt a wheels up landing, they would be all over it faster than the fire fighters an get to the aircraft

I've thought the same thing and scoured all the resources I can think of. Got the message from someone passing the airport. Could be misinformed...

Dan

I can see aircraft departing 34L from my house

if it were a wheels-up landing, that wouldn't occur would it?

Not a Wheels up... just a rejected Take off.......nothing major

Dan: Maybe your source just couldn't see the wheels?


Cheers
Mark

And to confirm it's nothing serious, the ATIS looks like this at the moment

From www.airservicesaustralia.com

Thanks Mark!

I'm glad my source retains some dignity lol! He's a truck driver doing runs to Botany and so probably right, didn't see the wheels, maybe a whole load of smoke and commotion.

Crisis over then :)

Dan

Added: Thanks Nigel, I also checked ATIS at www.rwy34.com and it said the same thing, so I was beginning to doubt my source. Sorry for jumping the gun, but figured someone would be able to correct me fairly quickly here if I was wrong :)

anyone get a picture?

Sure, I'll go find a stock standard picture of a Virgin Blue aircraft on Airliners.net on the runway at Sydney...cos thats all the picture would show?

ok, sorry i asked