Date:	Thursday 7 February 2008
Time:	10:34
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-8-315Q Dash 8
Owner/operator:	QantasLink (Eastern Australia Airlines)
Registration:	VH-TQZ
MSN:	555
Year of manufacture:	2000
Engine model:	P&W Canada PW123
Fatalities:	Fatalities: / Occupants:
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	None
Category:	Incident
Location:	Tamworth -   Australia
Phase:	Taxi
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Tamworth, NSW
Destination airport:	Sydney, NSW
Investigating agency:	ATSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
ATC issued a clearance for take off while a vehicle was operating on the runway. The vehicle driver then reported that he was vacating and the take-off clearance was cancelled.

[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2008/AAIR/aair200800588.aspx]

Other occurrences involving this aircraft


12 February 2013	VH-TQZ	QantasLink	0	Port Macquarie Aerodrome, NSW		non
Near miss

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
26-Feb-2008 02:30	Andrew Whitton	Added