aircraft hit the ground pretty hard and swerved all over the runway...lots of smoke everywhere...
aircraft stopped on taxiway juliet and was surrounded by airport fire services...all passengers were bussed to the terminal approx. 1 hour after the incident...
airport was closed for around 2 hours, all flights diverting, most to AVV, ADL and LST...
Rex 3471 ex. Merimbula diverted to Essendon, and departed around 2.30pm back to Melbourne...all passengers were bussed to Melbourne from Essendon...
Eventful day...all happened just as I clocked off, so left the mess to the afternoon shift
