Incident to the Boeing 737 registered VH-VUH and operated by Virgin Australia on 04/01/2017 at Brisbane [Investigation led by ATSB / Australia]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Australian authorities:

During taxi, the number one main wheel hub failed.

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General information
Local date	04/01/2017
Responsible entity	Australia - ATSB
State or area of occurrence	Australia
Location	AD Brisbane
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	Minor
Occurrence class	Incident
File number	BEA2018-0159

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Aeroplane - Large aeroplane
Operator	Australia - Virgin Australia
Manufacturer / Model	BOEING - 737
Aircraft Registration	VH-VUH
State of registry	Australia
Last departure point	Australia - YBBN (BNE): Brisbane
Planned destination	Australia - YMML (MEL): Melbourne
Flight phase	Taxi
Serial number	34440
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger

BEA is the French air safety investigation authority for civil aviation. The sole objective of the investigation is to improve air safety. It is intended neither to apportion blame nor to assess responsiblity.