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| Date: | Wednesday 25 January 2017 |
| Time: | 18:40 |
| Type: |  Airbus A320-232 |
| Owner/operator: | Jetstar Airways |
| Registration: | VH-VGJ |
| MSN: | 4460 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2010 |
| Engine model: | IAE V2527-A5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 171 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Williamtown Aerodrome, NSW -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Newcastle-Williamtown Airport, NSW (NTL/YWLM) |
| Brisbane International Airport, QLD (BNE/YBBN) | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On 25 January 2017, a Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232, registered VH-VGJ (VGJ), taxied for a scheduled passenger transport flight from Newcastle (Williamtown) Airport, New South Wales, to Brisbane Airport, Queensland. The aircraft parked at bay 4 at the Newcastle Airport terminal for passenger disembarkation and boarding. At about 1836, the crew received a clearance from the surface movement controller to pushback, which placed VGJ to the right rear quarter of an aircraft parked on bay 5. The aircraft dispatcher walked beside the aircraft and was connected to the nose of VGJ by a headset for communications with the flight crew. At about 1838, the crew of the aircraft on bay 5 requested a clearance to taxi for departure. At this stage, the crew on board VGJ interrupted their ‘after start flows’ to monitor the other aircraft, which they believed posed a collision risk. At about 1840, the crew on board VGJ requested and received a clearance to taxi for departure. The crew started to taxi VGJ with the aircraft dispatcher still connected to the aircraft. The dispatcher was waiting for their clearance from the crew to disconnect. When the dispatcher heard the engine noise increase, they immediately disconnected their headset from the aircraft and ran clear to the left of the aircraft towards the terminal with their headset and the nose wheel steering pin. There were no injuries and no damage.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
ATSB AO-2017-015
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 January 2024 | VH-VGJ | Jetstar Airways | 0 | Sydney-Kingsford Smith International Airport, NSW (SYD/YSSY) | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Feb-2025 09:59 | ASN | Updated [Total occupants, Departure airport, Accident report, ] |
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