Jetstar takes off for Seoul and Osaka

The airline said QF7168, scheduled to depart Melbourne at 5pm for a 6:40pm arrival, would carry 485 passengers, the equivalent of almost three cancelled Boeing 737-800 aircraft that normally fly the busy route.

The Saab 340A, VH-KDK, was in the middle of a repositioning flight from Wagga Wagga to Charleville on 23 April 2023 when the cockpit filled with smoke, forcing the pilots to divert to Cobar.