Created Friday, Dec 27th 2024 17:23Z, last updated Friday, Dec 27th 2024 17:23Z
A Sunstate Airlines de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration VH-QOD performing flight
QF-2017 from Sydney,NS to Broken Hill,NS (Australia), landed on Broken Hill's runway 06 but touched down hard in gale force winds. The aircraft went around and entered a hold for about 75 minutes while working checklists due to resulting gear problems and waiting for weather improvement. The aircraft subsequently landed on runway 06 with emergency services waiting for the aircraft and became disabled on the runway. The runway was closed for a number of hours.
The aircraft is still on the ground in Broken Hill about 38 hours after landing.
Broken Hill's City Council advised that the airport was closed for the remainder of the day.
The airline reported the crew elected to do a go around after identifying a a gear problem, that could be unsettling for the passengers.
No weather data are available for Broken Hill.
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