Thursday, March 17, 2011

Virgin Blue Flight Aborts Landing at Mackay Airport

The recent bad weather in Mackay caused a Virgin Blue flight from Brisbane to be turned around on Monday 14 March while on approach to Mackay Airport.

The flight (DJ613) was due to land in Mackay at 5pm. Reports indicate that the pilots attempted to land, however, the low cloud and poor visibility caused by the wet weather in Mackay, forced the landing to be abandoned. It is believed the pilots made another unsuccessful attempt to land, and then made the decision to turn the plane back to Brisbane.

Passengers affected were provided with overnight accommodation in Brisbane, and returned to Mackay on alternative flights on Tuesday morning and evening.

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