Man boards Jetstar flight without a valid ticket

Jetstar flight JQ562 was preparing to fly from Melbourne (MEL/YMML) to Brisbane (BNE/YBBN) on Wednesday the 16th of September when an unusual security incident unfolded.

According to a witness account reported by the media, a man had missed his earlier flight with Jetstar and was stopped while attempting to board another flight, JQ562. He allegedly found another way onto the aircraft before crew discovered him sitting towards the rear of the cabin.

Police were called and the man was escorted from the aircraft before departure.

Jetstar has confirmed that it responded to a security incident onboard the flight, although the airline has not confirmed the detailed account of exactly how the man managed to get past crew members at the gate and at the aircraft door and board the aircraft. 

J0562 was scheduled to leave Melbourne at 9:35am but eventually departed around 10.10 am.

Quite how someone who had reportedly already been stopped ended up inside the aircraft without being seen is now the biggest unanswered question.

Qantas scraps its first Airbus A330

On the 11th of September Qantas sent an Airbus A330 from Melbourne (MEL/YMML) to Alice Springs (ASP/YBAS) to be scaped at the Asia Pacific Aircraft Storage (APAS) facility.  We believe this could be the first of many over the next few years.

The aircraft was VH-EBC, an Airbus A330-202 serial number 0506

It first flew as 'F-WWYU' on the 7th of February 2003
It was entered onto the Australian aircraft register as VH-EBC on the 23rd of January 2003 

Qantas Airways took delivery at Toulouse, France on the 12th of March 2003

The aircraft was first named 'Gold Coast - Tweed' but the aircraft's name was later changed to 'Surfers Paradise'

It arrived at Melbourne on completion of the delivery flight from France on the 14th of March 2003

It operated its first revenue service from Melbourne - Perth as QF485 on the 18th of March 2003.

The aircraft was to be leased to Jetstar, so it operated its last Qantas revenue service from Sydney - Melbourne as QF459 on the 13th of December 2006.

In December 2006 it flew from Melbourne to Manila for the application of Jetstar titles as QF6007.

That means it went from Qantas to Jetstar without changing its Australian registration. It remained VH-EBC throughout. There is an interesting fact from this period too. EBC spent much of its Jetstar career in a rather unusual white livery, rather than the standard silver/orange appearance associated with Jetstar's A330s.

It operated its first Jetstar revenue service from Sydney - Phuket as JQ027 on the 25th of December 2006. After 8 years with Jetstar, it returned to Qantas Airways at Brisbane for post-lease maintenance - July 2014

Leased to back to Qantas Airways Limited the aircraft flew from Brisbane - Singapore (Seletar) for maintenance and repainting as QF6009 - on the 6th of September 2014, fifteen days later it was ferried back from Singapore - Brisbane in the standard Qantas livery as QF6006.
The aircraft was renamed Surfers Paradise

Its last revenue flight was on the 5th of September flying from Singapore to Brisbane as QF54
On the 6th of September if flew from Brisbane - Melbourne as QF6132.

On the 11th of September it flew from Melbourne to Alice Springs.

Very rare visitor to Brisbane

Yesterday morning, I set my alarm for 5:00 am because Brisbane Airport was expecting a rare visitor—a Silkway West 747-400 arriving from Dubai World Central (DWC/OMDW) and continuing on to Hong Kong (HKG/VHHH). The queen landed at 4:40 am as flight ZL7153, and although it was scheduled to depart at 6:30 am, it didn’t push back until 7:22 am.

The last Silkway West 747 visit I can see from my records was on the 18th –19th of February 2022, and it was VQ-BBH (MSN 62708), Boeing 747-83QF. It arrived from Chicago via Honolulu on the Friday evening and departed Brisbane as 7L147 to Hong Kong on Saturday morning.

I had planned to stay for about three hours, leaving around 8:30 am after the early morning international rush, but then I found out the Cathay Pacific 80-year retro was arriving at 10:30 am, so I decided to stick around for it.

QANTAS BOEING 737-838 VH-VXJ (MSN 33480)
QF605 OFF TO MELBOURNE (MEL) 24 YEARS

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737-8FE VH-VUE (MSN 34167)
VA306 OFF TO MELBOURNE (MEL) 21 YEARS

JETSTAR AIRBUS A321-251NX VH-OSE (MSN 13197)
JQ965 ARRIVING FROM PERTH (PER) 5 MONTHS

EMIRATES AIRBUS A380-861 A6-EOD (MSN 168)
EK434 ARRIVING FROM DUBAI (DXB) 12 YEARS

JETSTAR BOEING 787-8 VH-VKI (MSN 36235)
JQ10 ARRIVING FROM TOKYO (NRT) 11 YEARS

QANTASLINK AIRBUS A220-300 VH-X4H (MSN 55391)
QLK1277 OFF TO ADELAIDE (ADL) 1 YEAR

QANTAS AIRBUS A330-202 VH-EBB (MSN 522)
QF6015 ARRIVING FROM MANILA (MNL) 23 YEARS

KOREAN AIR BOEING 787-10 HL-8538 (MSN 60303)
KE407 ARRIVING FROM SEOUL (ICN) 2 YEARS

MALAYSIA AIRLINES AIRBUS A330-941 9M-MNG (MSN 2080)
MH135 ARRIVING FROM KUALA LUMPUR (KUL) 1 YEAR

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737-7K2 VH-NQY (MSN 38054)
VA1493 OFF TO HAMILTON ISLAND (HTI) 16 YEARS

JETSTAR AIRBUS A321-231 VH-VWU (MSN 3948)
JQ810 ARRIVING FROM SYDNEY (SYD) 17 YEARS

JETSTAR BOEING 787-8 VH-VKF (MSN 36231)
JQ24 ARRIVING FROM OSAKA (KIX) 12 YEARS

SINGAPORE AIRLINES AIRBUS A350-941 9V-SHV (MSN 475)
SQ235 ARRIVING FROM SINGAPORE (SIN) 5 YEARS

SILKWAY WEST BOEING 747-4R7 4K-SW800 (MSN 29279)
7L571 OFF TO HONG KONG (HKG) 27 YEARS

BATIK AIR BOEING 737MAX 8 9M-LRK (MSN 43005)
OD158 OFF TO DENPASAR (DPS) 7 YEARS

AERLINK ATR 72-500 VH-FVY (MSN 840)
AL522 OFF TO TOOWOOMBA (WTB) 17 YEARS

QANTAS AIRBUS A330-303 VH-QPC (MSN 564)
QF62 ARRIVING FROM TOKYO (NRT) 22 YEARS

CHINA SOUTHERN AIRBUS A330-343 B-8361 (MSN 1814)
CZ381 ARRIVING FROM GUANGZHOU (CAN) 9 YEARS

AIR NIUGINI BOEING 737-860 P2-PXA (MSN 40966)
PX6 OFF TO PORT MORESBY (POM) 13 YEARS

ALLIANCE FOKKER 70 VH-JFE (MSN 11545)
VA1790 OFF TO GLADSTONE (GLT) 31 YEARS

QANTAS AIRBUS A330-202 VH-EBV (MSN 1365)
QF119 OFF TO AUCKLAND (AKL) 13 YEARS

SOLOMON AIRLINES AIRBUS A320-232 H4-SAL (MSN 5566)
IE701 OFF TO HONIARA (HIR) 13 YEARS

CHINA EASTERN AIRBUS A330-243 B-5902 (MSN 1324)
MU715 ARRIVING FROM SHANGHAI (PVG) 14 YEARS

PHILIPPINE AIRLINES AIRBUS A321-271N RP-C9934 (MSN 8484)
PR221 ARRIVING FROM MANILA (MNL) 7 YEARS

QANTASLINK DASH 8400 VH-84P (MSN 4488)
QLK332 OFF TO GLADSTONE (GLT) 11 YEARS

SINGAPORE AIRLINES AIRBUS A350-941 9V-SHF (MSN 305)
SQ255 ARRIVING FROM SINGAPORE (SIN) 7 YEARS

FIJI AIRWAYS AIRBUS A350-941 DQ-FAN (MSN 260)
FJ921 ARRIVING FROM NADI (NAN) 7 YEARS

NAURU AIRLINES BOEING 737-319 VH-XNU (MSN 25609)

CATHAY PACIFIC AIRBUS A350-941 B-LRJ (MSN 061)
CX165 ARRIVING FROM HONG KONG (HKG) 9 YEARS

CHINA AIRLINES AIRBUS A350-941 B-18903 (MSN 066)
CI53 ARRIVING FROM TAIPEI (TPE) 9 YEARS

A few from New Farm Park

Yesterday, my family and I took our usual stroll along the New Farm Park waterfront. Rather than lug around my heavy camera and lens, I opted for my compact Canon PowerShot SX740 HS.

CHINA SOUTHERN AIRBUS A330-323 B-5939 (MSN 1494)
CZ382 OFF TO GUANGZHOU (CAN) 12 YEARS

QANTASLINK EMBRAER E190AR VH-UYW (MSN 19000174)
QLK1824 OFF TO MACKAY (MKY) 18 YEARS

UNITED AIRLINES BOEING 777-224 N69020 (MSN 31687)
UA97 OFF TO SAN FRANCISCO (SFO) 19 YEARS

QANTAS AIRBUS A330-202 VH-EBQ (MSN 1198)
QF61 OFF TO TOKYO (NRT) 15 YEARS

AIR CANADA BOEING 787-9 C-FVLZ (MSN 38358)
AC36 OFF TO VANCOUVER (YVR) 8 YEARS

JETSTAR BOEING 787-8 VH-VKF (MSN 36231)
JQ23 OFF TO OSAKA (KIX) 12 YEARS

QANTASLINK AIRBUS A220-300 VH-X4I (MSN 55402)
QLK1280 ARRIVING FROM ADELAIDE (ADL) 10 MONTHS