Emirates Flight 407 · Melbourne Airport
On March 20, 2009, Emirates Flight 407 (Melbourne Airport). No one was seriously hurt.
- Date
- March 20, 2009
- Place
- Melbourne Airport
- Operator
- Emirates
- Killed
- 0
- Position
- 37.670°S, 144.838°E
- Wikidata ID
- Q4118137
From Wikipedia
Emirates Flight 407 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Emirates from Auckland to Dubai with a stopover in Melbourne, operated by an Airbus A340 aircraft. On 20 March 2009, the aircraft failed to take off properly at Melbourne Airport, hitting several structures at the end of the runway before climbing and then returning to the airport for a safe landing. Although no fatalities or injuries resulted, damage to the aircraft was severe enough for the event to be classified by Australian Transport Safety Bureau as an "accident". It was subsequently determined that a data-entry error resulted in insufficient engine thrust during take off. It has been described "as close as we have ever come to a major aviation catastrophe in Australia" by aviation officials.
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