Rex Emergency Landing Orange
 

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REX plane makes emergency landing at Orange airport - Agriculture - General - News - The Land




Passengers reported smelling fuel during the flight from Sydney to Mildura which made an emergency landing at Orange.
The plane carrying 28 passengers and crew landed safely at about 1.40pm.
Canobolas Local Area Command acting superintendent Peter Atkins said passengers were expected to board the next flight to their destination.
Passengers were assessed by paramedics but there were no reported injuries or illnesses.

Losing fuel rapidly and circling over airport for some time? Seems a bit howdy doody. Someone forgot to put the fuel cap back on maybe?

You mean Losing fuel rapidly.:=:mad::*


Pinky the pilot apologises for the brain snap!:O But it's getting to the stage where basic spelling errors give him the :mad: And yes Taily,Tiddles, I've had a red or two.:O

fixed.
Can't work out why you would keep flying around for some time while leaking fuel all over the place.

fencehopper; Nurries.:ok:
And indeed. Has there been any further info given out as to just how and why this situation occurred?

Gone rather quiet.

We look forward with intrepid anticipation to the captain's biography, lecture tour and 60 minutes expose' :E

Heard them talking to centre.

Company told them to divert to Dubbo, tracked there for a good 20 minutes before getting told to turn around and go to Orange.

They said they were losing a bit and needed direct tracking if available