Jetstar Melbourne tail strike under investigation

[MarkR]

Australia's air safety watchdog is investigating a serious safety incident at Melbourne Airport this week in which the tail of a Jetstar aircraft struck the runway during take-off, forcing the pilot to abort the flight.
Jetstar abandoned the scheduled Wednesday flight to Hobart after the plane became airborne and returned to Melbourne.
There has been no report of injuries to passengers.
However, the tailstrike is a serious incident according to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, which has launched an investigation into what went wrong.


The Jetstar pilot has been stood down during the investigation, which is standard practise.
The full investigation is likely take six months, with the bureau having set a completion date of November 2016

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/victoria/air-s...#ixzz48WAxYjzE

[Greg Hyde]

Tailstrike involving Airbus A320, VH-VGF, at Melbourne Airport, Victoria on 11 May 2016

http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/...r/ao-2016-046/

[Shaal L]

oh so it was Jaffa jet .

its back in service though

[Greg Hyde]

the crew might take a little longer