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| Date: | Thursday 23 April 2015 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Airbus A320-232 |
| Owner/operator: | Jetstar Airways |
| Registration: | VH-VQC |
| MSN: | 3668 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2008 |
| Engine model: | IAE V2527-A5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Other |
| Location: | Newcastle Airport, Newcastle, NSW -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
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/
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, ] |
| 08-Jun-2022 07:46 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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