Emergency landing for Virgin Blue plane

[Slats7]

Emergency landing for Virgin Blue plane | Travel News | News.com.au

A VIRGIN Blue flight has made an emergency landing at Brisbane Airport after one of its tyres burst.

 

[samh004]

How does a flight from Sydney to Coolangatta make a precautionary stop off in Brisbane. Surely OOL would be closer? Does it not have the facilities required to deal with a burst tyre?

 

[Slats7]

How does a flight from Sydney to Coolangatta make a precautionary stop off in Brisbane. Surely OOL would be closer? Does it not have the facilities required to deal with a burst tyre?

BNE have better facilities to deal with an emergency.

 

[NM]

How does a flight from Sydney to Coolangatta make a precautionary stop off in Brisbane. Surely OOL would be closer? Does it not have the facilities required to deal with a burst tyre?

Probably because BNE has the maintenance facilities to repair any damage that may have occurred. It also has a longer runway in case there was a problem during the landing and perhaps better emergency services.

 

[Nov0caine]

Probably because BNE has the maintenance facilities to repair any damage that may have occurred. It also has a longer runway in case there was a problem during the landing and perhaps better emergency services.

So do they know what caused the Tyre to burst?

 

[v8Statesman]

So do they know what caused the Tyre to burst?

It was a retread from Bob Jane

 

[Nov0caine]

It was a retread from Bob Jane

Haha, that's what you get for not embracing the internationally accepted standards of Michelin and Bridgestone :shock:

 

[Nigelinoz]

Standards must be slipping here on AFF,7 posts on this thread and nobody
has said "I bet if it had been Qantas it would have been all over the media".

 

[Nov0caine]

Standards must be slipping here on AFF,7 posts on this thread and nobody
has said "I bet if it had been Qantas it would have been all over the media".

You know, I bet if it had been Qantas it would have been all over the media...

 

[Mal]

Probably because BNE has the maintenance facilities to repair any damage that may have occurred.

Yeah, the most likely reason I believe Hope the passengers enjoyed the bussing down the coast!

 

[docjames]

Wonder if the pax will be offered any compensation?

I'd be mighty peeved if I was flying to OOL, ended up in BNE (fine, no problem, go to safest place,) but to then have a one hour+ ride on a bus - ugh. You'd think the a/c would be needed in OOL and they could sub another a/c and fly it down. Suppose it'd take longer,hence the bus, but still :shock:

 

[Flashback]

Wonder if the pax will be offered any compensation?

I'd be mighty peeved if I was flying to OOL, ended up in BNE (fine, no problem, go to safest place,) but to then have a one hour+ ride on a bus - ugh. You'd think the a/c would be needed in OOL and they could sub another a/c and fly it down. Suppose it'd take longer,hence the bus, but still :shock:

I can't see any reason for compensation, they still arrived at their original destination and although later than scheduled, this is not a reason for compensation.

 

[NM]

Wonder if the pax will be offered any compensation?

I'd be mighty peeved if I was flying to OOL, ended up in BNE (fine, no problem, go to safest place,) but to then have a one hour+ ride on a bus - ugh. You'd think the a/c would be needed in OOL and they could sub another a/c and fly it down. Suppose it'd take longer,hence the bus, but still :shock:

What if the reason for the diversion to BNE was weather related? Or a medical emergency? Or OOL was closed because there was a disabled aircraft stuck on the runway? Would those reasons warrant compensation payment?

 

[docjames]

Hey, chill guys, i'm just asking (not saying it must be so).

/(needs smilie waving white flag)/

 

[NM]

Hey, chill guys, i'm just asking (not saying it must be so).

/(needs smilie waving white flag)/

The mention of compensation can be like waving a red flag

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But since you asked: