Perth Airport: QF71 tore up main runway after taking off for ...
Perth Airport: QF71 tore up main runway after taking off for Singapore, repairs underway
Urgent repair works are underway at Perth Airport after a Qantas plane tore up part of the main runway when taking off on Sunday.
The airport confirmed the main runway was partly operational on Sunday afternoon after a video emerged of Qantas flight QF71 appearing to damage the runway as it took off around 12.15pm.
In the vision, as the plane accelerates from a stationary position, parts of the runway appear to be sent flying into the air.
“Earlier today, pavement damage on the Main Runway was identified in a safety inspection following a departing aircraft,” an airport spokesperson said.
“Pavement maintenance works are now underway.”
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