On 23 September 1999, the aircraft operating as Flight 1 had departed from Sydney that day, and was involved in a runway overrun accident at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok as it was landing for a stopover.

This flight was operated by Senior Check Captain Jack Fried in a Boeing 747-438[a] S/N 24806, delivered new to Qantas in August 1990 and registered VH-OJH; it was withdrawn from use in September 2012 and broken up at Pinal Airpark in 2014 for parts.

At this point, visibility improved markedly and the landing gear contacted the runway, although the aircraft continued to accelerate.

When over-riding the first officer's actions, the captain inadvertently left one engine at TO/GA power and as a result cancelled the preselected auto-brake settings.

The intrusion of the nose landing gear also caused the failure of the cabin intercom and public address system.

[5] Returning the aircraft to service enabled Qantas to retain its record of having no hull-loss accidents since the advent of the Jet Age, and also proved to be the more economical option for the time, as a new 747-400 was listed close to $200 million.