I heard another reporter from one of the commercials say last week that a flight which turned back en route to Port Hedland due to weather was a 747 rather than the correct 737. Just a bit of difference but they don't know enough to query it.
A Virgin 747 Perth-Hedland ? Now, that IS going retro--(cue remarks on "all-747 fleet for Qantas")
VARA had a cabin depressurisation event, enough to drop the oxygen masks, on a F100 charter last Wednesday after an inflight lightning strike, which eventually resulted in a diversion to Hedland after a go-around at "XXX" in the East Pilbara.. I didn't see a single mention of it on the news anywhere, or was I not paying attention? Plenty of pictures on FB, apparently, and they should know better. There was external damage visible on the aircraft after landing, nosecone looked a bit sad. You would think it would have headlined as "Virgin FIFO jet plunges after mid-air lightning strike" or similar.
