This article was last updated on April 16, 2022
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Preliminary report on the recent emergency landing of two planes in Australia was published on Thursday. The Qantas and Virgin planes were abruptly directed to Mildura airport during last month.
The report reveals that the crews failed to foresee any weather problems on the day of the flights. According to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, both crews had assessed the weather conditions twice before the flights. The crews did not report any weather problems. The Qantas flight that took off from Sydney was carrying 146 passengers while the Virgin plane from Brisbane carried 85 passengers.
The report confirms that the flights were faced by unexpected fog in Mildura. Visibility on the runway was extremely poor but the touchdown was described as firm. Moreover, the radio communications during either fight were reported smooth. Before landing the plan, the pilots reportedly discussed how to use GPS-based navigation to place the plane over the runway.
“Due to their fuel state, they were required to land from the next approach, regardless of conditions… The first officer then looked outside and down to obtain visual reference with the ground and saw the same visual features as he had on the first approach.
“He assessed the aircraft was over the runway and reported hearing the pilot-in-command disconnect the autopilot. The crew recalled hearing an enhanced ground proximity system sink rate warning and that the touchdown was firm,” the report said.
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