Virgin Australia Velocity - Pacific Blue plane in emergency landing (safely)

I could not see a "News" Thread unlike other forums.
Most shocking part is that there were only 41 pax on this flight!
A Pacific Blue plane flying to Wellington was diverted to Christchurch and declared an emergency landing overnight.

Flight DJ68 was inbound from Brisbane when a "cockpit light illuminated" causing alarm, a Pacific Blue spokeswoman said.

"The captain declared an emergency landing as a precautionary measure only."

She said the plane was diverted to Christchurch due to the engineering support there.

It landed safely about 12.40am. There were 41 passengers on board.

"They were kept in the airport in Christchurch. Because of the late hour we didn't have a crew and obviously we couldn't head to Wellington because of the curfew."

The spokeswoman said the passengers stayed at the airport and were flown to Wellington about 6.45am today.

She said the plane was back in service after being inspected.

A Civil Aviation Authority spokeswoman said the event had not been reported to the agency yet, but the airline had 14 days to do so.


stuff.co.nz (http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/6458330/Pacific-Blue-plane-in-emergency-landing)

Whilst I love Virgin Australia, if this had been Qantas the media would have been all over it, it would have been a near disaster.

Knowing about some recent incidents with DJ which have gone unreported (and so they should have been, they were trivial, and unworthy of media attention), whilst even more minor incidents with QF have resulted in media blowouts like you wouldn't believe, it makes me wonder what is happening with the media. Is DJ a media darling, or is QF the media horror story?

Dave

tall poppy...