Qantas flight bound for Adelaide forced to make emergency landing in Brisbane
A plane has been forced to make an emergency landing at Brisbane airport after a mechanical issue forced the pilot to turn around.
The Qantas flight QF1929 bound for Adelaide had taken off from Brisbane about 8.20am on Tuesday before it ran into a mechanical issue about 40 minutes into the flight, believed to involve the plane’s tyres.
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Footage from on board the flight shows crew directing passengers to “stay down, heads down”.
A passenger talking to 4BC Brisbane said about 40 minutes into the flight the pilot announced that a brake light error had been triggered, meaning the brakes would be “locked in place”; the wheels would not rotate and risked “exploding on impact”, which led to passengers forced to take the brace position on landing.
Passengers in a video shared can be heard clapping once the plane came to a stop.
“A flight from Brisbane to Adelaide returned to Brisbane shortly after take-off due to an issue with landing gear brakes,” a Qantas spokesperson told 7NEWS.
“The aircraft landed normally and is being checked by engineers.
“We understand that this would have been a distressing experience for customers and we thank them for following the instructions of the crew.
“We are working hard to get customers on their way as quickly as possible.
“We will follow up with all customers to provide our support.”
The spokesperson said the pilots were notified of a park brake indication issue, but that the brakes did not fail.
They said it was standard procedure for passengers to be required to go into the brace position in relation to this type of landing gear issue and the pilots followed standard protocol and the aircraft landed safely.
“The aircraft requested a priority landing into Brisbane and as per standard process, emergency services were on standby,” they said.
Originally published on 7NEWS
