A Virgin aircraft made a dramatic emergency landing overnight at Brisbane Airport after its brakes caught fire on touchdown.
The brakes of Brisbane flight VA454 caught alight just after the flight from Darwin touched down around 7pm on Thursday.
None of the 178 people on the flight were injured.
Several fire crews worked to extinguish the blaze as emergency crews raced to the plane, while passengers were still on board, dousing the tyres to control the situation.
“The fire was quickly extinguished, and all guests and crew disembarked normally and safely,” Virgin Australia said. “We thank our crew and airport firefighters for their swift response. The safety of our guests and crew is always our highest priority.”
Engineers are now working to assess what caused the blaze, and the incident has sparked an official investigation. The aircraft has been pulled from scheduled service.
Virgin Australia said the fire did not cause any delays at the time, nor is it expected to cause delays at Brisbane Airport today.
