V Aus bakes an engine in LA.

[Montague S]

first for our friends from the other flag carrier.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/v-a...-1226039477226

[Andrew M]

Some quality reporting as always

Channel 9 journalist Kristie Carter, who was on the flight, said everything seemed fine as the plane went to take off.

"Then there was a really loud bang. The whole cabin shook, the next minute we hit back on the runway and the plane came to a screeching halt," she said.

[Jayden Laing]

And now the airline's story!!

http://www.vaustralia.com.au/MinorIn...port/index.htm

I would tend to believe what the airline says over the media.

[Andrew P]

V Australia news release is 100% spin and nothing else

[Justin L]

What exactly is spin about the VA press release and what more do they need to say really? It is about informing guests on arrangements for their flights, which at the end of the day is what most people are concerned about when they have travel bookings.

[Jack B]

Low speed aborted take off? Preposterous.
Crashing down onto the runway, screeching to a halt, flames everywhere, passengers fearing for their lives, 777 the new scare-bus? Makes sense to me.

[Daniel M]

Originally Posted by Andrew P

V Australia news release is 100% spin and nothing else

How was your romantic dinner last night with Andrew C?

[Andrew P]

Originally Posted by Daniel M

How was your romantic dinner last night with Andrew C?

see V Australia has amended the 1st line of the press release to take out the spin they had about the pilot and put a more realistic comment

maybe they read this board to see what the realists are saying

[Robert S]

Originally Posted by Andrew M

Some quality reporting as always :rolleyes

I like how that article takes "Then there was a really loud bang" and converts it into "The plane was carrying about 350 passengers who described the incident as an explosion".

Originally Posted by Justin L

What exactly is spin about the VA press release and what more do they need to say really?

I wouldn't worry about it. There are few impartial members of this board it's not unusual to see a bit of spin in these parts.

Fairly matter of fact article in AA here: http://australianaviation.com.au/201...tralia-flight/

This one is also interesting - not sure of the veracity of the quotes (as media normally seems to do a hopeless job of transcribing ATC audio): http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...em-aborts.html

And just for laughs, see if you can count the errors here: http://www.cnngo.com/sydney/visit/sy...plosion-006060

[Matt_L]

A few things to add guys,

1.) I doubt this would have made the news if Kristie Carter wasnt onboard- typical media beatup!

2.) V Aust are looking at putting the remain pax on a NZ744 for those interested..not sure if chartered or via AKL (EDIT- this is per AA article too- posted before!)