The thing that worries me is this statement by the company:
A Virgin Australia spokesman said that on arrival in Perth, Flight 697 had sufficient fuel to reach an alternate airport, although fuel to reach an alternative destination was not required to meet the regulatory requirement.
That sure as sh1t wasn't what the pilots said in the recording. There is a huge difference between "we must land off this approach" and having an alternate. I'd love to know what the fuel remaining was on shut down...
I also shudder to think of the repercussions if this was Qantas... All hell would have broken loose.
PS! I just noticed that the other thread was closed with quote: "Slow News Day" by the mod... You are joking, right? This aircraft landed with what was described as vapours in the tanks and you believe this is nothing? Good lord!
Again, if this were Qantas the thread wouldn't be shut down with that kind of glib attitude.
For the younger aviators on the BB, I would have thought there was much to learn from this.
Slow news day indeed!