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| Date: | Monday 16 November 2015 |
| Time: | c. 17:00 |
| Type: |  ATR 72-600 (72-212A) |
| Owner/operator: | Virgin Australia Regional |
| Registration: | VH-FVZ |
| MSN: | 1087 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2013 |
| Engine model: | P&W Canada PW127 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Moranbah Airport, QLD (MOV/YMRB) -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Moranbah Airport, QLD (MOV) |
| Brisbane Airport, QLD (BNE) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
An ATR 72-600 was partly lifted up and spun around while standing on the apron at Moranbah Airport, Australia.
Passengers had embarked for flight VA1670 to Brisbane when the airport was hit by a violent storm.
Two single engine Cessna aircraft were blown upside down and the ATR-72 was partly lifted up and spun around, moving about 50 m.
Passengers could deplaned after about 20 minutes and the flight was cancelled.
Sources:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-17/virgin-plane-spins-on-runway-moranbah-airport-queensland-storm/6947138
https://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/11/17/10/52/storm-damages-planes-at-qld-airport
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 November 2017 | VH-FVZ | Virgin Australia Airlines | 0 | Canberra Airport, ACT (CBR/YSCB) | |
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Media:
Inside a plane at Moranbah airport during storm w/ winds equivalent to cat 2 cyclone. @abcnews_qld @ABCNews24 pic.twitter.com/nyDsameX7y
— Jonathan Hair (@JonathanHair) November 17, 2015So this is our plane after we got absolutely hammered by a storm cell at Moranbah airport. We had just boarded the...
Posted by Glenn N Claire Badke on Monday, 16 November 2015
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Nov-2015 12:33 | harro | Added |
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