Fire starts on packed Virgin Australia plane as it lands at Brisbane Airport
A packed Virgin Australia passenger jet made a dramatic landing at Brisbane Airport overnight when a fire started in its brake system.
Flight VA 454 from Darwin, which was carrying 178 passengers, had landed just before 7pm yesterday when the fire began.
It prompted an emergency response from airport firefighters, who quickly extinguished the blaze.
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Firefighters extinguished a brake fire in a Virgin Australia plane when it landed at Brisbane Airport on Thursday. Aaron Mealing/Supplied
All passengers and crew members were able to exit safely once the flames were brought under control
Virgin Australia said today engineers would be inspecting the plane before it is returned to service.
"Airport firefighters responded to a brake fire on flight VA454 which occurred after landing at Brisbane airport last night," a spokesperson for the airline said.
"The fire was quickly extinguished, and all guests and crew disembarked normally and safely.
"We thank our crew and airport firefighters for their swift response.
"The safety of our guests and crew is always our highest priority."
Virgin Australia said there were no delays to other services and the carrier does not anticipate impacts to today's scheduled flights.
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