Boeing 737 VH-VOL accident near Sydney, Australia, December 23, 2023
Boeing 737, registration VH-VOL, was involved in an incident near Sydney, Australia on December 23, 2023. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as none. Case DCA24WA060 is n/a.
ADS-B receivers recorded 124 minutes of the flight, reaching a maximum of 40,000 ft. The last recorded position was at 23:30 UTC, on the ground, about 1 km from Sydney Intl (YSSY).
The nearest weather report, from YSSY (1 km away), showed wind 140° at 9 knots, visibility 6 miles or more, no ceiling reported (VFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Boeing 737NG 8FE/W registered in Australia (Mode S 7C6C53).
This page reconstructs the flight from public ADS-B data for information only. The NTSB report is the authority on what happened and why.
Key facts
- Date
- December 23, 2023
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737
- Registration
- VH-VOL
- Injuries
- None
- NTSB case
- DCA24WA060 (N/A)
- Nearest airport
- Sydney Intl (YSSY)
- Recorded flight
- 124 min, max 40,000 ft
- Last recorded position
- 23:30 UTC, on the ground
3D flight replay
Replay the recorded flight in 3D with the weather, light and terrain at the time, flight instruments reconstructed from the aircraft's ADS-B transmissions, and automatically detected events.
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Sources: NTSB case DCA24WA060; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.