A Qantas flight bound for the Philippines turns back three hours into its journey after Manila Airport suffers a power cut, causing hundreds of other flights to be delayed and cancelled.
abc.net.au/news/manila-bound-qantas-flight-qf19-forced-to-turn-around/101822106A Qantas flight bound for the Philippines has been turned back about three hours into its journey, temporarily disrupting passengers' new year travel plans.A power outage at Manila International Airport caused more than 300 flights to be delayed, diverted or cancelled
The plane was refuelled at Sydney before re-departing for Manila, arriving in the early hours of Monday local time. A United Airways flight from Los Angeles to Sydney was also forced to make an emergency landing at Pago Pago International Airport in American Samoa on Friday morning due to a mechanical issue.Sunday's power outage caused the closure of the airspace at Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport, prompting more than 360 domestic and international flights to and from the airport to be delayed, cancelled or diverted.
The power outage was the result of the unprecedented failure of both primary and secondary power supplies, he said.
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