Incident to the Airbus A320 registered VH-VQC operated by Jetstar on 29/10/2016 at Sydney [Investigation led by ATSB / Australia]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Australian authorities :

While unloading the aircraft, ground crew detected an additional baggage container in the cargo hold.

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General information
Local date	29/10/2016
Responsible entity	Australia - ATSB
State or area of occurrence	Australia
Location	AD Gold Coast
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	None
Occurrence class	Incident
File number	BEA2016-0699

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Aeroplane - Large aeroplane
Operator	Australia - Jetstar Airways Pty. Ltd
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A320
Aircraft Registration	VH-VQC
State of registry	Australia
Last departure point	Australia - YBCG (OOL) : Coolangatta
Planned destination	Australia - YSSY (SYD) : Sydney / Kingsford Smith International
Flight phase	Standing
Serial number	3668
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger - Airline

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