Virgin Blue plane’s wheel falls off
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A wheel fell off the front of a Virgin Blue aircraft and rolled down the tarmac at Melbourne Airport at the weekend, moments before the plane was due to take off the Sydney Morning Herald has reported. The Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association National Secretary, Stephen Purvinas, was reported saying that a corroded front axle led to one of the Boeing 737’s two front wheels becoming loose on Saturday.
“A wheel came off the nose of the aircraft. We believe it was noticed by another aircraft in the vicinity who radioed through and told the Virgin driver to get his aircraft back to the base to get it checked properly,” Purvinas was quoted saying.
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