- Date
- August 9, 2026, 10:00 local (00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mascot, Australia
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- VH-IJOBoeing 737VH-XZHBoeing 737
- Defining event
- Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Runway incursion veh/AC/person
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 203679
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Boeing 737
Runway incursion veh/AC/personAll aircraft: 104 casesDefining event
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- VH-IJO
- Reported as
- Boeing 737 (8SA)
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Virgin Australia
- Registered owner
- CIT Aerospace
- Registration
- VH-XZH
- Reported as
- Boeing 737 (838)
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Qantas
- Registered owner
- Qantas