Corporate Air / Vee H Aviation SAAB 340B VH-VEM and Metro 23 VH-VEK at Gladstone Airport This Week

Touching down at Gladstone Airport early on Tuesday 4 March was Corporate Air / Vee H Aviation SAAB 340B VH-VEM.

It presumably arrived from Brisbane on a closed Fly-in Fly-out (FIFO) charter flight.

Reports suggest that VH-VEM then had technical problems which prevented it from departing from industrial city.  As a result, fellow Corporate Air / Vee H Aviation Metro 23 VH-VEK also touched down at Gladstone Airport late on Tuesday 4 March presumably from Brisbane, carrying an engineer to work on the SAAB.

Soon after, VH-VEK was loaded with passengers and freight, and then departed Gladstone presumably returning to Brisbane.

VH-VEM remained parked on the Gladstone Airport apron, and local plane spotters Jamie and Tash captured some lovely atmospheric photos as the SAAB received some attention.

On Wednesday 5 March, VH-VEM departed Gladstone, returning direct to Brisbane.

Sincere thanks to Jamie and Tash for sending through these great photos from Gladstone!

Photos taken by Jamie and Tash  ©