Former Virgin 737 VH-VOT tail tip incident

[markis10]

The Norwegians have adopted a quicker way of getting those pesky self loading freight out of the aircraft

29K views · 167 reactions | A Wizz Air Boeing 737-800 plane operated by the GetJet Airlines bound for Gdansk was left with its tail on the ground (tail tipping) at Haugesund Karmoy... | By FL360aero | Facebook

A Wizz Air Boeing 737-800 plane operated by the GetJet Airlines bound for Gdansk was left with its tail on the ground (tail tipping) at Haugesund Karmoy...

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[Saab34]

Does it still have the Virgin interior?

 

[markis10]

Same seats with a refreshed covering by the looks of it

https://flic.kr/p/2phvPXa

 

[jb747]

Just practicing the rotation.

 

[Harrison_133]

Looks like the aircraft ferried to an air base in Lithuania with maintenance facilities the day after the incident.

Same seats with a refreshed covering by the looks of it

They aren't Virgin seats.

 

[SBD]

The Norwegians have adopted a quicker way of getting those pesky self loading freight out of the aircraft

29K views · 167 reactions | A Wizz Air Boeing 737-800 plane operated by the GetJet Airlines bound for Gdansk was left with its tail on the ground (tail tipping) at Haugesund Karmoy... | By FL360aero | Facebook

A Wizz Air Boeing 737-800 plane operated by the GetJet Airlines bound for Gdansk was left with its tail on the ground (tail tipping) at Haugesund Karmoy...

www.facebook.com

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This is unfortunate obviously but also brings back disconcerting memories of a long and ultimately fruitless and frustrating email exchange I had with VA when they were flying the ATR-72 between SYD and Canberra. They would sometimes use the tail stand, sometimes not, and I could never tell why not. It was always much more stable with it, especially as passengers always loaded from the back, and crew would put suitcases aft of the stairs as well. I gently asked if it was VA SOP to use the tail stand (of course it was). I was also worried by passengers being directed to alight before the port side propeller was stopped and secured. I politely raised concerns about both matters - got a polite "we'll look into it" response, then crickets. When I followed up, including with photos of both issues happening on my next flight a few weeks later, I was told they'd done an investigation and were satisfied it only happened once so I should just chill our and stop worrying. I followed up again with photos of it again, and got nowhere. I wrote again, and the last I got was a 2016 email from the General Manage of VA Network Operations promising to come back to me within 7 days. Then nothing ever again. You can't fight every battle, and I had a kid born that year and got sidetracked with that. I'm a loyal VA passenger (and former GA pilot, a loooooong time ago), and I still fly VA, but this experience gave me a really bad feeling at the time and, to a degree, ever since. Thanks for coming to my slightly off-topic TED Talk. SBD