Crashed on descent to Port Hedland on December 31, 1968 after the starboard wing failed. It led to the grounding all Australian Viscounts. Viscount 810s were cleared to fly again but the remaining Viscount 700s were grounded permanently. RMQ had been the second Australian Viscount, delivered in October 1954 as VH-TVB for TAA. VH-TVA and VH-TVC were also lost in fatal accidents, TVA in a training accident before entering service and TVC broke up in a storm in November 1961 while departing Sydney for Canberra when on lease to Ansett-ANA.

Registered in September 2015

Originally VH-TVB with TAA.

VH-RMQ was registered VH-NMQ in August 1996. While Ansett Airlines reserved the VH-RM* block, it would not reuse registrations of aircraft lost in fatal accidents. -RMQ was one of those registrations and had previously been a Viscount that crashed in December 1968. RM stood for Reginald Myles, the given names of Ansett founder Reg Ansett.

Ex VH-TVB, joined Ansett in 1962. Transferred to subsidiary MMA in 1968. Wing failed in flight December 31, 1968 leading to the permanent grounding of all Viscount V700 series in Australia.