SYDNEY, Jan 18 (NNN-AAP) – A flight of Australia’s national carrier, Qantas, safely landed at Sydney’s Kingsford Smith Airport today, after issuing a mayday call en route, earlier. Flight QF144, a twin-jet Boeing 737-838, lost one of its two engines in mid-air, from New Zealand’s Auckland to Sydney.
The national broadcaster ABC News cited Qantas as saying, the plane was met by emergency services, in line with standard procedures. The 10-year-old aircraft seats up to 174 passengers, and there are normally six crew on board the narrow body jets, local newspaper, the Australian, said.
“We will share more information about this incident once the aircraft is on the ground and has been assessed by our engineers,” a Qantas spokesperson said.
– NNN-AAP
