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Qantas flight to Philippines makes emergency landing
A Qantas flight bound for the Philippines was forced to turn back to Sydney on Saturday after the pilot discovered a hydraulic fluid leak, just eight days after a major emergency involving another of the carrier's aircraft.
- Agencies
- Published: 11:21 August 2, 2008
Melbourne: A Qantas flight bound for the Philippines was forced to turn back to Sydney on Saturday after the pilot discovered a hydraulic fluid leak, just eight days after a major emergency involving another of the carrier's aircraft.
The Boeing 767-300 carrying 200 passengers from Sydney returned without incident, a Qantas spokeswoman said.
Last Friday, a Qantas Boeing 747-400 flying from Hong Kong to Melbourne lost cabin pressure after a hole the size of a mini-van appeared in its fuselage following a blast believed to have been caused by an exploding oxygen canister.
The plane had to make an emergency descent from 29,000 feet to 10,000 feet before landing safely in Manila.
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