A Qantas flight from Adelaide to Perth is forced to turn around mid-air, delaying passengers by four hours, in the latest of a series of problems for the airline.
abc.net.au/news/qantas-adelaide-perth-flight-diverted-incomplete-paperwork/101888324A Qantas flight from Adelaide to Perth was forced to turn around mid-air yesterday due to incomplete paperwork.Qantas flight QF887 from Adelaide to Perth was diverted back to Adelaide Airport yesterdayQantas has had problems with flights recently
Adelaide Airport confirmed flight QF887 departed for Perth at 3:35pm and almost made it to the Nullarbor near the West Australian border before it circled back over the Great Australian Bight, landing back in Adelaide at 6:50pm.A Qantas spokesperson confirmed there were no technical issues with the plane, and the delay was due to incomplete paperwork by the airline's staff.
"Once paperwork was finalised after engineering sign-off in Adelaide, the flight departed for Perth and landed four hours after the scheduled arrival time," the spokesperson said.It comes after a series of Qantas planes were turned around mid-air in the past week, including
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