Boeing 737 VH-VUI
19 October 2009 · Melbourne Airport, Australia · Unknown
Summary
On 19 October 2009 at about 22:00 local time, a Boeing 737 registered VH-VUI, operated by Virgin Blue Airlines PTY LTD, was involved in an incident near Melbourne Airport, Australia. The number of people on board was not recorded. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 22:00
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Melbourne Airport, Australia
- Nearest airport
- Melbourne Airport (MEL)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737
- Registration
- VH-VUI
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Virgin Blue Airlines PTY LTD
- Operating rule
- Non-U.S., Commercial
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Adelaide → Melbourne Airport
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- NTSB number
- ENG10WA004
People
Injuries not recorded.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not recorded | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
On October 20, 2009, at 0900 local time, a Virgin Blue Airlines Boeing 737-800 airplane, registration VH-VUI, experienced a failure of the right main landing gear outboard wheel assembly during landing at Melbourne Airport in Melbourne, Australia. No one was injured on the scheduled domestic flight. The airplane suffered minor damage. The incident is being investigated by the Australian Transport Safety Board. Further information pertaining to this incident may be obtained from: Australian Transport Safety Board 62 Northbourne Avenue Canberra ACT 2601 Tel: (02) 6257 4150 Fax: (02) 6247 3117 www.atsb.gov.au This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information obtained for, or released by, the Government of Australia.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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