Qantas 717 Nearly Collides With Network F100

[Brian Noldt]

Wednesday afternoon at Paraburdoo Airport WA a QantasLink 717 VH-NXN preparing to depart nearly clips a stationary Network F100 VH-NHF.
A passenger reported feeling a bump but Qantas said there was no impact.
The ABC reported that the two planes were stuck unable to manoeuvre away.
7 News reported that a third aircraft was unable to depart due to the other two aircraft.

ABC story here:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-0...s-says/7906714

Channel 7 video here:
http://www.msn.com/en-au/entertainme...hap/vp-BBx18cp

According to FlightAware both aircraft are still at Paraburdoo

[Greg Hyde]

Bad time in the west with the F100 emergency landing recently.

[Rowan McKeever]

NXH also overnighted in PBO so don't know what happened there...

[MarkR]

Qantas have now confirmed the near miss was in fact a meeting together of tail planes.

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-1...28?pfmredir=sm

[Greg Hyde]

Tailplanes "were stuck together" so either aircraft were unable to move.

Waiting for engineers to unstuck.

[andrew sattler]

Just let some of the Nitrogen out of the tyres, that belongs to the aircraft whose elevator is underneath the others.

[Greg Hyde]

ATSB invetigation

http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/...r/ao-2016-129/

[Greg Hyde]

Includes closeup of entangled tails

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa...-mishap/#page1

[Nigel C]

Passengers are stranded at Paraburdoo Airport in the Pilbara after a runway mishap involving two planes.

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As the Boeing 717 taxied along the runway about 4.30pm it came too close to a Network Aviation plane.

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The Network Aviation Fokker F100 was stationary and empty.

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Mr Snaith said he could not understand why someone was shouting at the pilot from the runway, apparently without a radio.

Gotta love the reporting....

Why is everything where the aircraft move called a runway?

What was the Network plane just lazing about on the runway for? Hardly a good place for a rest for a "stationary and empty" plane...

And what was someone doing out on the runway without a radio? I guess they do things a little differently at Paraburdoo....

[Greg Hyde]

From QfSource

QANTASLink B717-200 VH-NXH Overnight Paraburdoo Delay.
October 5, 2016
QANTASLink Boeing 717-2K9 VH-NXH operated QF1806 Perth – Paraburdoo this afternoon, however the return QF1807 has been delayed overnight as the aircraft cannot access the runway following two aircraft coming into contact on the ramp earlier.

QANTASLink B717-200 VH-NXN Paraburdoo Taxi Incident.
October 5, 2016
QANTASLink Boeing 717-231 VH-NXN was taxiing at Paraburdoo this afternoon in preparation for operating QF1837 Paraburdoo – Perth when it appears to have come into contact with Network Aviation Fokker 100 VH-NHF. The flight was subsequently cancelled.

NHF returned from Paraburdoo to Perth on the 06/10

QANTASLink B717-200 VH-NXH Returns from Paraburdoo.
October 6, 2016

Following its overnight delay, QANTASLink Boeing 717-2K9 VH-NXH departed Paraburdoo this morning operating yesterday’s delayed QF1807 Paraburdoo – Perth.