Boeing 737 VH-VXB

Summary

On 17 October 2012 at about 09:45 local time, a Boeing 737 registered VH-VXB, operated by Qantas Airways Limited, was involved in an incident near Canberra, Australia. The number of people on board was not recorded. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 October 2012 at 09:45

Classification

Incident

Location

Canberra, Australia

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 737

Registration

VH-VXB

Operator

Qantas Airways Limited

Operating rule

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Adelaide → Canberra

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

NTSB number

DCA13WA012

Injuries not recorded.

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 17, 2012, about 2045 local time, a Boeing 737-838, registration VH-VXB, descended below the assigned altitude and below the minimum safe altitude for the area of operation. Air traffic control received a minimum safe altitude warning. The incident is being investigated by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau. Inquiries regarding this incident should be directed to: Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) P.O. Box 967, Civic Square Canberra A.C.T. 2608 Australia

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.