A Qantas flight travelling to Fiji was forced to return to Sydney Airport a day after another in-flight incident.
A Qantas flight to Fiji was forced to return to Sydney Airport on Thursday after the aircraft’s fault indicators signalled a potential mechanical issue.
Fault indicators are lights inside the cockpit, which illuminate automatically in response to a potential hazard. The fault indicator prompting the pilots to turn back did not relate to an issue with the engine. The airline’s engineers will now examine the aircraft. Passengers on Wednesday’s flight said they felt a “slight shudder” as the engine stopped over the Tasman Sea and were notified of a “slight malfunction”, but were not told about the mayday call until the plane landed.
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