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Virgin Australia Emergency Landing LAX
Virgin Australia Flight Makes Emergency Landing At LAX
By Iris Salem | CBS Local - Los Angeles - 13 hrs ago
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A Virgin Australia flight from Brisbane has made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport.
The flight bound for LAX landed safely at Terminal 25 on Sunday morning after reporting trouble with its landing gear, possibly a tire.
It’s unclear if the landing gear in fact had an issue.
The Boeing 777-300 had 416 passengers on board at the time.
No further information was available.
By Iris Salem | CBS Local - Los Angeles - 13 hrs ago
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A Virgin Australia flight from Brisbane has made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport.
The flight bound for LAX landed safely at Terminal 25 on Sunday morning after reporting trouble with its landing gear, possibly a tire.
It’s unclear if the landing gear in fact had an issue.
The Boeing 777-300 had 416 passengers on board at the time.
No further information was available.
Last edited by Cactusjack; 27th Aug 2012 at 04:31.
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Emirates have 2 class B777-300ER with 442 seats......
Even our 3 class have 310/42/8 + 16 cabin crew & 4 Pilots = 380 POB
Even our 3 class have 310/42/8 + 16 cabin crew & 4 Pilots = 380 POB
Last edited by Bypass ratio; 27th Aug 2012 at 06:00.
361 pax seats according to the Virgin Australia website.
Just another ill informed media beatup. Anyway here are the lads safely putting it on the deck.
Virgin Australia Flight Makes Emergency Landing At LAX « CBS Los Angeles
Virgin Australia Flight Makes Emergency Landing At LAX « CBS Los Angeles
Last edited by neville_nobody; 27th Aug 2012 at 07:57.
What exactly was the problem again?
Flight #7 bound for LAX landed safely on Sunday morning after reporting trouble with its landing gear, possibly its tire.
It’s unclear if the landing gear in fact had an issue.
The Boeing 777-300 had 416 passengers on board at the time. There were no reports of any injuries.
No further information was available.
It’s unclear if the landing gear in fact had an issue.
The Boeing 777-300 had 416 passengers on board at the time. There were no reports of any injuries.
No further information was available.
The Crew probably were made aware of a deflating tyre on the Gear Page. Slowly going flat, notified all concerned and landed.
I had the same thing on a 77W LAX to HKG 4 years ago. #3 main went flat after TO over a 2 hour period. We notified LAX to check the Runway ( nothing )
Spoke to HKG ATC and briefed them on what we needed and then Landed ok.
Didn't touch the brakes at all on the left side and parked at the gate.
The Engineer on headset said "what's the problem with the number 3 Tyre it looks ok"? Then he got a tyre pressure gauge, flat as a tack!! I never found out why it went flat, probably a nail while leaving LAX?
It was non event in the end but we went through the motions anyway. ( had 15 hours to think about it !! )
I had the same thing on a 77W LAX to HKG 4 years ago. #3 main went flat after TO over a 2 hour period. We notified LAX to check the Runway ( nothing )
Spoke to HKG ATC and briefed them on what we needed and then Landed ok.
Didn't touch the brakes at all on the left side and parked at the gate.
The Engineer on headset said "what's the problem with the number 3 Tyre it looks ok"? Then he got a tyre pressure gauge, flat as a tack!! I never found out why it went flat, probably a nail while leaving LAX?
It was non event in the end but we went through the motions anyway. ( had 15 hours to think about it !! )
Last edited by nitpicker330; 28th Aug 2012 at 07:01.
