On This Day - May 14, 1970. The Ansett Douglas DC-9-31 VH-CZG was involved in an attempted hijacking at Sydney (Kingsford Smith). A young male passenger entered the cockpit armed with a toy gun and demanded that the aircraft depart immediately. He left the aircraft some 30 minutes later before being arrested and charged. |
On This Day - May 14, 1971. The Trans-Australia Airlines Fokker F.27-6187 Friendship VH-TQT 'Thomas Mitchell' entered service. |
On This Day - May 14, 1991. The Talair de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102A P2-GVB, having been transferred to Flight West Airlines, was ferried from New Guinea (Port Moresby) to Brisbane. It was reregistered as VH-XFU before it entered service with Flight West. |
On This Day - May 14, 1992. The Air New Zealand Boeing 767-204ER ZK-NBJ was leased to LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze for 6 months. It was operated in the basic 'Air New Zealand' livery. |
On This Day - May 14, 1997. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 727-277LR VH-ANB was sold to Intrepid Aviation, and departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to the United States where it was converted to an 'all-freight' configuration by COPESA in Costa Rica. |
On This Day - May 14, 2006. The Air New Zealand / Air Nelson Bombardier DHC-8-311Q ZK-NEG entered service, operating Flight NZ8132 from Nelson to Wellington. |
On This Day - May 14, 2011. The Virgin Australia Airbus A330-243 VH-XFA 'Cottesloe Beach' was ferried from Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) to Melbourne (Tullamarine) after being repainted into the Virgin Australia livery. |