Virgin Blue incident at Sydney? 15/01/09

[Dan Collins]

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

[Adrian B]

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

[Dan Collins]

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

[Jack B]

I can see aircraft departing 34L from my house

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

[Mark Howarth]

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

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


Cheers
Mark

[Nigel C]

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

ATIS ATIS YSSY S 150206
APCH: EXP INDEPENDENT VISUAL APCH
RWY: 34L AND R FOR ARRS AND DEPS
OPR INFO: PARL RWY OPS IN PROG.
INDEPENDENT DEPARTURES IN PROG
WND: 030/12
XW 10 KTS
WX: CAVOK
TMP: 37
+ QNH: 1006

From www.airservicesaustralia.com

[Dan Collins]

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

[Jack B]

anyone get a picture?

[Daniel M]

Originally Posted by Jack Brownbill

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?

[Jack B]

ok, sorry i asked