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Old 24th Dec 2023, 18:14
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Virgin Australia go caught out on the unapproved engine parts. I think a few weeks ago the media was suggesting as many as eight aircraft or more were affected.

How the machine ever left Singapore without all the approvals in place is farcical at best. Perhaps CASA PNG did not receive their share of the 'booty'

Of course this is PNG's proud International airline. One problem is they used to have a magnificent fleet of Dash 8-400 aircraft, until a politicians decided PX was to become an all jet operator. Spin off the Dash 8-200/300 fleet to a subsidiary and rename it Link PNG. Then of course they realise after the -400 fleet had gone ... we made a mistake; so they started to buy the -400's back. Three in country, only one presently flyable. Bought a bunch more last month but decided they were not up to PX standards. That by the way is yuk speak meaning the broker/seller was not willing to 'pay' incentives to those with their snouts in the trough.
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