Neil Morris
The Today Show.
after one of its engines failed an hour before it was due to arrive at Sydney airport.
, a passenger on the plane, detailed what happened on the flight to
“I didn’t hear a bang but there was a major jolt and the plane banked mid-flight,” he said.
“I think everyone was immediately aware there was something happening.”
Morris said that the pilot didn’t let on that there was an issue with the plane until the plane (with 145 passengers on it) was taxiing on the tarmac.
“The pilot said, ‘We had an issue mid-flight. We lost some functions with one of the engines and we’re going to land on the field so that emergency services can take a look at the engine,’ so that’s what we did,” he said.
While flying over New Zealand, the Qantas flight sent a mayday alert. However, the mayday alert was downgraded to “possible assistance needed” (PAN) and the plane was able to land safely where paramedics and firetrucks were waiting to assist.
Well, looks like I’ll just be walking from Melb to Syd from now on.
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