The 45-year-old man was originally stopped by Australian Border Force for a baggage examination at Perth International Airport on September 29. ABF personnel had also identified that the man was allegedly behaving suspiciously on his arrival.
The airline blamed “manufacturing delays” at Airbus, which means the first of its specially adapted A350-1000s will not arrive by its original delivery date of the end of next year.
VH-DZJ crashed in Port Phillip Bay on 19 November 2023 after colliding with another S-211, VH-DQJ, during an aerobatic formation filming flight. 