VH-VKA · B788
The Boeing Company 787-8 · built 2013
Register facts: CASA Register of Civil Aircraft (open data, file dated October 1, 2026).
Usually based at MEL
Most frequent routes
- SIN → MEL15%
- BKK → MEL11%
- MEL → BKK9%
- KIX → BNE9%
- KIX → SYD6%
- MEL → SIN6%
- BNE → ICN6%
- BNE → NRT6%
- BKK → BNE6%
- MEL → NRT5%
Last seen
Safety history
- May 13, 2017Accident
These findings should not be read as apportioning blame or liability to any particular organisation or individual. The number 6 wheel tyre experienced shoulder step-wear, which led to cracking and undercutting of the tyre tread and a subsequent delamination of the number 6 tyre, which occurred in less than the normal average life cycles. Full accident record