Qld: Qantas flight grounded in Brisane

AAP General News (Australia)
08-15-2008
Qld: Qantas flight grounded in Brisane

A Qantas flight is on it's way from Brisbane to Melbourne after being grounded for
over half-an-hour this morning.

A passenger has told the ABC everyone was seated and the plane ready for take-off when
they were told they had to disembark because of an engineering problem.

Qantas hasn't confirmed exactly what was wrong with the plane.

The plane was due to fly out at 6am (AEST) but took off about 40 minutes later.

On Wednesday .. a Qantas Boeing 767 experienced a hydraulic failure which affected
the steering as it landed at Sydney airport.

These latest incidents follow a string of mishaps which began last month when an explosion
ripped a hole in the fuselage of a Qantas jet en route from Hong Kong to Melbourne ..

forcing an emergency landing at Manila.

AAP RTV peb/sw/bart

KEYWORD: QANTAS (BRISBANE)

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