ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 316231
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| Date: | Monday 12 June 2023 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-8SA (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | Virgin Australia Regional Airlines |
| Registration: | VH-IWQ |
| MSN: | 44225/5260 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2015 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Perth Airport, WA (PER/YPPH) -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Perth Airport, WA (PER/YPPH) |
| Sydney-Kingsford Smith International Airport, NSW (SYD/YSSY) | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Virgin Australia Regional Airlines flight VA552, a Boeing 737-8SA, inadvertently lined up with the runway edge lights instead of the centreline in preparation for the take-off roll on runway 06.
During the initial take-off roll, the crew detected the error and manoeuvred the aircraft to the centreline. The flight continued without further incident.
Sources:
ATSB
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2023/report/ao-2023-027
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 November 2022 | VH-IWQ | Virgin Australia Airlines | 0 | Sydney-Kingsford Smith International Airport, NSW (SYD/YSSY) | |
non |
| Runway incursion | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jun-2023 07:13 | harro | Added |
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