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Safety checks after OzJet
mid-air scare
(Source:
www.news.com.au. 03 January 2008)
Air safety authorities have ordered checks on black box flight recorders and damaged wing parts from a second OzJet flight following separate mid-air incidents two days apart.
The incidents involved Boeing 737-200 aircraft which developed severe vibrations after wing malfunctions. The planes still were grounded yesterday, one in Port Moresby, the other in Noumea.
In the first incident on Saturday, about 100 passengers on Brisbane to Norfolk Island Flight 334 were told to don lifejackets and prepare for an ocean landing after the plane started rocking violently.
In a separate OzJet incident on New Year's Eve, a Port Moresby to Brisbane plane returned to Papua New Guinea after developing severe vibrations. In that case, the safety bureau said the problem involved a different wing part, known as an elevator trim tab.
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