ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 175771
Last updated: 20 June 2020
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| Date: | 23-APR-2015 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Airbus A320-232 |
| Owner/operator: | Jetstar Airways |
| Registration: | VH-VQC |
| C/n / msn: | 3668 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Newcastle Airport (NTL) -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
The aircraft (VH-VQC) was saturated with fire fighting foam after the hangar fire suspression equipment was activated inadvertantly. Airbus (VH-VQW) was also in the hangar.
Fire fighting foam suspression is apparently very corrosive.
Sources:
http://www.thejetstarsouce.com/jetstar-a320-vh-vqw-damaged-in-newcastle-foam-incident/
http://web.archive.org/web/20150907052320/http://australianaviation.com.au:80/2015/04/two-jetstar-a320s-damaged-after-fire-extinguishers-trigger-at-newcastle-airport-hangar/
Images:
Photo of VH-VQC courtesy AirHistory.net
Perth (YPPH / PER)
2 April 2016; (c) Kurt Finger
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Apr-2015 05:47 | Petropavlovsk | Added |
| 30-Apr-2015 05:48 | harro | Updated [Date, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
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