DCA27WA012

NTSB incident investigation · Airbus A320 · Townsville, Australia · October 7, 2026

Incident · No injuriesClass 5 · Foreign
Date
October 7, 2026
Place
Townsville, Australia
Injuries
185 uninjured
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
VH-VGOAirbus A320
Defining event
Landing: Runway incursion veh/AC/person
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
203999

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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.

Aircraft

Registration
VH-VGO
Reported as
Airbus A320
Category
Airplane
Damage
No damage
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Transport
Departed
Brisbane
Destination
Same as departure