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18 June 2013

Virgin Australia Flight VA-1384 ,Boeing 737-800 registration VH-YIR from Brisbane to Adelaide with 85 passengers and 6 crew it was approaching Adelaide airport but because of heavy fog the airplane diverted to Mildura.At the same time also one airplane of Quantas was diverting to Mildura.Problems began when also at Mildura it was fog and when Virgin flight tried to land it was not possible because of heavy fog so they had to go around and after to enter a hold.At the same time it was trying also the Quantas airplane so the delay it was big with cause the Virgin flight to declare an emergency because it was running low of fuel.After the second try airplane landed safely.Also Quantas airplane landed safely

Passengeres reported that it was very scared and they took brace position for the emergency landing

VH-YIR

© Roberto Prawiro

First Flight:24-08-2012

Age:0.8 years

Distance for diversion from Adelaide to Mildoura around 180nm

Mildoura airport it has not ILS approach

Source

au.news.yahoo.com