What is happening at Tullamarine???
 

Word doing the rounds is Tullamarine is currently closed and Qantas and Virgin flights to Melbourne are being held.

Anyone know what is happening at Tullamarine??

:confused:

Woomera



Latest information: Virgin terminal has been closed down, allegedly eleven staff members have been taken to hospital and seven treated on site. The Fire brigade appear to be finding the source of "something" in the airconditioning.

Check ins at International have been closed.

Rex and Virgin are diverting flights to Essendon.

7 News reported that there was a "gas" leak in the DJ terminal that has caused around 11 people to be taken to hospital with Nausea and Breathing dificulties. The terminal has been evacuated. There was no mention of QF being affected at all.

Tag

Radio news just reported that the Virgin terminal had been evacuated due fumes from the aircon. Some people taken to hospital. No mention of QF.

Smells suspicious (excuse the pun).

Latest Sky News. Domestic terminal now shut down.

Thirteen being treated at hospital.

Believed to be a chemical spill.

Virgin melbourne
 

ABC news is reporting that after 7 hours DJ terminal still closed, Fire Brigade unable to find source of fumes, Problem restricted to DJ terminal.
DJ hopes to operate first flight about 2000 tonight.
If terminal is not cleared plans are in hand for DJ to use international terminal tomorrow.:D

i have heard a chemical spill is responsible!

good to know all the pax are safe being screened for nailclippers and toothpicks and the like! :mad:

Numerous pax, security staff and DJ ground staff collapsed and were hospitalised throughout the day. No fumes or odours were detected by anyone inside the terminal. Authorities are yet to state what the cause was, however it has been deemed safe for staff to re enter!!!!

By 1830 this evening the terminal was opened, with DJ staff back on deck at 2000. With 15 aircraft on the ground it is going to be a long night.

Funny how Patricks are trying to take over DJ last week, then this week there is a major 'breakdown' in operations.....does anyone else sniff a rat?? (Pardon the pun)

it wouldnt surprise me.

Union Plus 4 = Zero:}

Ahhh, a clear case of Reg's Revenge!

Also of note this evening, Thai Inter Md-11 returning at around 1900 after dumping fuel.

Anyone got any info?

Cheers, HH.

:ok:

Landed 1936 - at terminal 1949 HH.

Only thing mentioned in TG flifo was aircraft defects - well - durr!!

Now scheduled to redepart at 2300. Is there a question of crew hours here?

As for the gas leak, hopefully all the DJ/ZL people, security and passengers will be OK.

Maybe they scattered Sir Peter Scuzzball's ashes in the aircon. Now THAT would be totally poisonous, not to mention noxious.

Best all.

EWL

One of Ozjet's 146s secretly doing engine runs with donks pointed towards the terminal aircon inlet...

EWL hope you got home tonight mate. I think it is more a matter of finding some crew willing to do your flight.

This brings me to the question is this sort of bad publicity actually good for the brand name? The saying is that any publicity is good publicity but Im sure after today we have lost a few to J*.

Also while Im rambling the emergency services thought it was so dangerous they only closed 1/3 of the terminal in MEL for 8 hours, surely they should have shut down the whole airport while things were being investigated?

It sounded to me, as I listened to ABC Radio throughout the day, that the security personal were the first to notice the 'fumes' and made up the bulk of casualties.

Funny I thought it was also the security group who were on strike, in the last week or so, for more pay? Obviously just a coincidence as I'm sure this would not be an industrial action. Funny again though the emergency personal tested the air for hours and could not find even a trace of anything?

I'm certain someone will be able to come forward and advise they were personally affected by something in the air, ..... stop my dark thoughts.......any one.......some one........ gee I have trouble trying to conjure up nice thoughts about the security people.:}

Speedy recovery for all I hope.:hmm:

It will be interesting when they find out exactly what it was.

More to the point if they find out who actually caused the alleged leak, can you imagine the size of the civil damages case?

Also rumoured, QF Melb ticket counter sold $60,000 of tickets in 1 hour. Not bad for 3 or 4 people!! Bet they needed a bex and a good lie down at the end of the day.

Cheers, HH.

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Mudskipper, I was taken away on a stretcher, oxygen mask on after nearly collapsing. I saw 6 pax get taken to hospital by 11am, numerous DJ ground crew and lots of security staff followed.

The area near the security point outside the newsagaent is where a lot of people collapsed.

At one stage we thought it was a drill by Mel airport to see how DJ would cope in the event of such a thing happening.

FYI Group 4 went on strike for 2 hours last week as they have not been paid properly for 6 weeks! It is internal and was not a DJ related dispute.

Bad press all round. The article on chanel 9 news really stuck it to virgin. Good luck to the staff left to clean up the mess.

DM

Its now been 24 hours since this mess started and I still have seen any VB management on TV or heard them on the radio.
At the end of the day the business (VB) is going to suffer, not MEL airport corp over this and by not coming out and giving statements to the media it is making VB look :mad: in the eyes of joe public.
So come on management lift your game and the publics perception or we will lose alot more than the 10-20,000 guests that have been disrupted so far.