The Flying Kangaroo’s regional arm is replacing older 50-seat Q300s out of Adelaide with the newer, larger planes, a switch enabled by its move last year to purchase 14 mid-life Q400s to transition its turboprop fleet to a single aircraft type.
The captain of QF505, which was operating from Brisbane to Sydney aboard VH-VXI, experienced chest pains en route and requested a defibrillator, which was ultimately not used. The aircraft declared a medical PAN call and safely touched down in Sydney a…
The Flying Kangaroo’s regional arm is replacing older 50-seat Q300s out of Adelaide with the newer, larger planes, a switch enabled by its move last year to purchase 14 mid-life Q400s to transition its turboprop fleet to a single aircraft type.