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Qantas plane makes emergency landing in Sydney, media report

2024.11.07 22:11

SYDNEY (Reuters) – A Qantas flight bound for Brisbane made an emergency landing in Sydney airport after passengers heard a loud bang from one of its engines, Australian media reported on Friday.

The aircraft circled back and landed safely at Sydney airport, a Sydney airport spokesperson said.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A crew member walks from a Qantas plane at a domestic terminal at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia, November 16, 2020.  REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File Photo

A grass fire broke out near the runway after the plane took off, media reported. It was not immediately clear whether the airplane engine sparked the grass fire.

“Sydney airport is assisting Aviation Rescue and Firefighting to extinguish a grass fire that has ignited next to the third runway,” fire department said in a post on X.



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