SYDNEY, Australia — A Qantas plane made an emergency landing Friday due to a 'contained engine failure' soon after taking off from Sydney Airport, sparking a grassfire on a nearby runway and causing several flights to be diverted.
SYDNEY , Australia — A Qantas plane made an emergency landing Friday due to a 'contained engine failure' soon after taking off from Sydney Airport, sparking a grassfire on a nearby runway and causing several flights to be diverted.The Qantas flight, QF520, was bound for Brisbane and was circling for a 'short period of time' before landing safely at Sydney Airport, Qantas Chief Pilot Captain Richard Tobiano said in the statement.
The grassfire was brought under control by the Aviation Rescue Fire Fighting Service, the spokesman said.'With the safe arrival of the aircraft, Sydney Airport's priority is to conduct a full inspection of its parallel runway and to return it to service as quickly as possible,' the spokesman said.Plane passenger Georgina Lewis told local outlet Channel Nine that she was onboard the flight.'We were taking off, and we heard a bang. One of the engines appeared to have gone.
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