A passenger on Qantas flight QF520 from Sydney to Brisbane heard a loud bang after take-off.
A Qantas flight has made an emergency landing at Sydney Airport after a loud bang was heard following take-off.
"This departure of aircraft coincided with a grass fire along the eastern side of the airport's parallel runway, which was brought under control by teams from the Aviation Rescue Fire Fighting Serivce," they said.A spokesperson for Qantas confirmed the flight experienced a suspected engine failure mid take-off.
ABC journalist Mark Willacy was on board the flight and said a "sharp shudder" went through the aircraft after the explosion. "That's when the pilot came on about 10-15 minutes into the journey and he said that there'd been a major problem with the right engine, that everything was under control at that point, but we'd have to go back to Sydney."at the time while the Qantas flight circled and prepared to land.A number of aircraft waiting to take off had to return to the terminal to refuel, with resulting delays of over an hour on departing flights.
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