Ha, all this new-fangled web searching.
There's a small piece on the incident in today's Courier Mail, page 18.
"Hundreds of V Aus pax bound for BNE were left stranded at LAC after their flight's aircraft reversed into infrastructure. Flight VA8 was due to leave LAX on Sat but was cancelled after the aircraft that was being towed reversed into a blast fence. A blast fence is a safety device that redirects the exhaust from a jet engine to prefent any damage.
VB group spokewoman Melissa Thomson said the 339 affected customers were put on alternative flights to ensure they were able to reach their destination. Bne resident Nick Wellwood, whose wife was travelling on the affected flight, said he was unable to contact her & said V Aus would not give him any info about problems with the flight.
V Aus said they ciuld not give out pax info due to privacy reasons."
(shortening of words mine)
I heard a colleague in the office today talking about a cancelled flight at LAX. I *think* she arrived yesterday, which means she would have left Fri, not Sat, but she said there was chaos, and it sounded like she flew LAX-AKL-SYD/MEL-BNE, and was still waiting for her luggage. Don't know for sure, as it was just what I overheard her telling others.
