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On This Day - March 07, 1954. The Ansett Airways Short S.25 Sandringham Mk 4 flying boat VH-BRC 'Beachcomber' suffered a serious accident whilst taxiing out to take-off on Sydney Harbour. The left-wing's float snapped off and the wing came close to entereing the water. A number of passengers climbed out through the upper cockpit hatch and crawled out onto the aircraft's right wing to act as a counter-balance until help arrived. |
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On This Day - March 07, 1966. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-338C VH-EBR 'City of Wollongong' flew a 'proving flight' from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to South Africa (Johanessburg). |
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On This Day - March 07, 1991. The Ansett Airlines Airbus A320-211 VH-HYJ entered service, operating Flight AN4 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
On This Day - March 07, 2012. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8FE VH-YFG 'Hanson Bay' entered service, operating Flight DJ206 from Brisbane to Canberra. |
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On This Day - March 07, 2014. The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBR having been returned by Jetstar Airways at the end of its lease, was ferried from Brisbane to Singapore (Changi) as Flight QF6005 for repainting into the airline's 'New Roo' livery. |
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On This Day - March 07, 2018. The Air New Zealand Boeing 787-9 ZK-NZD returned to service following the rectification of the Rolls-Royce Trent engine issues, operating Flight NZ107 from Auckland (New Zealand) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - March 07, 2022. The National Jet Express / Cobham Aviation Bombardier DHC-8-402Q VPH-IYP entered service, operating Flight JTE210D from Adelaide (West Beach) to Port Augusta (South Australia). |
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On This Day - March 07, 2023. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-7K2 VH-NBP 'Bells Beach' returned to service operating Flight VA371 from Brisbane to Townsville after being repainted into the airline's standard livery by Flying Colours. |
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