NSW: Vanuatu plane set for take off from Sydney

AAP General News (Australia)
08-03-2001
NSW: Vanuatu plane set for take off from Sydney

An Air Vanuatu airliner that made a safe emergency landing at Sydney's airport yesterday
afternoon will continue its flight today.

The flight from Melbourne to Vanuatu, with 107 people on board, was diverted to Sydney
after a tyre tread was found on a Melbourne runway shortly after its take-off.

An inspection after the plane landed in Sydney confirmed that a tyre had burst.

Before the plane landed at Sydney airport, it made a low fly-past so that its landing
gear could be viewed from the ground.

The plane landed safely with emergency services standing by.

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KEYWORD: PLANE (SYDNEY)

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