Over a hundred passengers have been left shaken this morning, after flames were seen on their Qantas flight at Sydney airport. 7NEWS
Over a hundred passengers have been left shaken this morning, after flames were seen on their Qantas flight atMore than 100 passengers were on board the Boeing 737, preparing to fly from Sydney to Nouméa.
The QF91 flight was set to take off at 7.40AM, when an emergency radio call stopped it in its tracks.The air traffic control tower received a report that flames and smoke were emerging from the engine, while still on the tarmac. “The pilots followed procedure and shut down the engine as a precaution after being alerted by the control tower while taxiing,” said a spokesperson for Qantas.More than 100 passengers were on board the Boeing 737.The plane has since been cleared to return to service.Traffic controllers noticed smoke and flames emerging from the engine.
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