Jetstar 787 VH-VKE damaged wing

[Saab34]

VH-VKE wing tip has impacted a Hanger in Melbourne so expect chaos on the International front for a while it they need a new tip from Seattle.

MEL-HKT cancelled today.

 

[markis10]

At least they have cctv of the incident.

 

[Melburnian1]

Unfortunate, and unlucky - a few more centimetres and it looks like there wouldn't have been any contract with the building.

Apparently passengers have been rebooked on a flight tomorrow. There would have had to be spare seats for this to occur.

 

[Saab34]

I’m sure they will be right they will just do what they always do and cancel or delay all the Melbourne to Singapore flights.

It’s just JQ 7 and 8 tradition!

 

[moa999]

Appears VH-VKE has suffered a towing incident with the wingtip colliding with hanger door.

Pics on this FB group.

Airline Secrets Exposed

VH-VKE Jetstar Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner towed into hangar door today July 1st, 2025 at Melbourne. Damage doesn't look life threatening As a consequence over 600 passengers have faced cancellation of...

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Likely to cause plenty of issues for JQ longhual flights given the fairly tight schedules.

 

[AIRwin]

Likely to cause plenty of issues for JQ longhual flights

Or even their domestic positioning flights between SYD/MEL international terminal?

 

[Saab34]

They had it fixed in 72 hours it seems.

 

[moa999]

Flew coughet return Thu, And Singapore today so fixed within 48hrs of incident. Good job.