Wheel falls off plane in Melbourne

[Philip Argy]

The ABC is also reporting Virgin as having confirmed the cause as axle corrosion.

[Adrian B]

A TV news article interviewed VB about the issue whilst promoting a enw deal with john Holland at YMML. Not sure of the person who was interviewed (not Brett G) and he stated te axel had corroded.

[Bernie P]

Can somebody remind me but was it axel corrosion that grounded SAS Q400 fleet, after the first collapsed landing gear in Aalborg Denmark, and then a couple of weeks later another incident (same problem)?

SAS have now gotten rid of, if not all, most of these AC now havn't they (and I am not saying, in any way, shape or form, that DJ should get rid of the AC either ) ??

[D Chan]

Originally Posted by Nigel C

Secondly, until the investigation is complete, how does the ALAEA secretary know or speculate that a pre-departure inspection would have picked up the problem anyway?

Once again this highlights the opportunism of unions to use safety incidents as ways to manipulate the public mindset.

if this happened to the flying kangaroo it would have been front page / prime time coverage.

[Steve S... 2]

Aircraft was VH-VBA.