Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Report: Virgin Blue flight 13 Aug 2007

Virgin Blue B73G near Rockhampton on Aug 13th 2007, fuel imbalance due to leak

The Aviation Herald www.avherald.com
By Simon Hradecky,
created Tuesday, Apr 14th 2009 09:46Z


A Virgin Blue Boeing 737-700, registration VH-VBR performing flight DJ-583 from Brisbane,QL to Hamilton Island,QL (Australia), was just reaching cruise altitude about 148km (80nm) from Rockhampton,QL, when the crew noticed a fuel imbalance due to loss of fuel from the right hand engine. The crew shut the right hand engine down and diverted to Rockhampton, where the aircraft landed safely.

Full report at
The Aviation Herald www.avherald.com
Same story by ABC News

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