About VH-XVP – The Qantas Aircraft Involved in the Emergency on QF1871 Townsville-Brisbane…
VH-XVP is the aircraft involved in the incident today.
As per Planespotters, VH-XVP is a 16.7 year old Embraer E190 that started out life with US Airways back in December 2007.
By December 2013, the aircraft was handed over to American Airlines, before being sent to Jetran in July 2021.
From there, the aircraft was sent to storage with TVPX Trust Services, before being delivered to Alliance Airlines in October 2022 and operates the aircraft for QantasLink.