Alice Springs

Bangkok to Melbourne flight diverted on Sunday morning with passengers moved to replacement plane after electrical fault found.

“We appreciate this has been a lengthy delay and frustrating experience. “They were then transferred directly onto the replacement aircraft. “As a result, we organised a second aircraft to fly to Alice Springs this afternoon to get passengers on their way as fast as possible.”

A Melbourne-bound plane from Thailand was forced to land early, leaving passengers on the tarmac for hours. Now, the airline has responded.

“We appreciate this has been a lengthy delay and frustrating experience. “They were then transferred directly onto the replacement aircraft. “As a result, we organised a second aircraft to fly to Alice Springs this afternoon to get passengers on their way as fast as possible. “As a domestic airport, Alice Springs does not have customs processing facilities and we worked with Border Agencies, the NT Police and the local Airport Authority to provide passengers with the option to disembark into a specially partitioned section of the Airport. “A flight operating from Bangkok to Melbourne was diverted to Alice Springs after a passenger experienced a medical emergency onboard,” Jetstar said in a statement on Sunday night. [plane](https://7news.com.au/travel/air-aviation) forced to land due to a medical emergency at Alice Springs left hundreds of passengers stranded for hours after an electrical issue as detected on the aircraft.

Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney, Senator Malarndirri McCarthy and member for Lingiari Marion Scrymgour. Photo by Lukas Coch (AAP). The ...

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A Jetstar flight with 320 passengers travelling from Bangkok to Melbourne was forced to divert to Alice Springs after a medical emergency unfolded onboard.

The Alice Springs airport does not have customs processing facilities so border agencies, NT Police and the local airport authority helped passengers disembark after 14 hours confined in the cabin into a designated section of the airport. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner carrying 320 passengers had to make a detour to Alice Springs on Sunday after a passenger experienced a medical emergency and was in need of urgent care. Hundreds of passengers on a Jetstar flight travelling from Bangkok to Melbourne spent 14 hours on the plane after it was forced to divert to Alice Springs due to a medical emergency.

The flight stayed grounded after an electrical fault was detected and waited hours for the officials to arrange a replacement mechanical part from Sydney. “ ...

“As a domestic airport, Alice Springs does not have customs processing facilities, and we worked with Border Agencies, the NT Police and the local Airport Authority to provide passengers with the option to disembark into a specially partitioned section of the Airport”. In response to the Alice Springs chaos, officials organised a second aircraft to fly to Alice Springs the same afternoon. “Unfortunately, while the aircraft was on the ground in Alice Springs, an electrical issue was detected, requiring a replacement part to be sourced from Sydney,” Jetstar said in a statement.

The Albanese government is providing funding certainty to frontline organisations in Alice Springs to support the community-led response to the urgent.

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