Second Qantas plane makes emergency landing

Melbourne: A Qantas airplane was forced to return to Adelaide airport on Monday after the landing gear door failed to close, Australian media reported on Tuesday.

It was the second incident involving a Qantas airplane in four days. Last week, a Qantas jet was forced to make an emergency landing in Manila after a hole in its fuselage.

Civil Aviation Safety Authority spokesman Peter Gibson told The Daily Telegraph the aircraft's wheels came up after takeoff but the undercarriage door would not retract.

"This aircraft was not in danger at any stage—it was more of an aerodynamics issue than anything else because it would have created a lot of drag," Gibson said.

Gibson said the passengers were not in danger.