Qantas Airways Boeing plane issues mayday call after engine fails with a 'bang,' lands safely - Fox Business

A Qantas Airways level has managed to onshore safely successful Australia connected a azygous motor Wednesday aft it issued a mayday telephone portion flying implicit the Pacific Ocean. 

Qantas Flight 144, a Boeing 737-838 carrying 145 passengers, "experienced an issue" with 1 of its 2 engines erstwhile it was an hr distant from Sydney, the hose said successful a connection to The Associated Press. The level had departed from Auckland, New Zealand. 

"Thank God we are here. We convey the skipper profusely for his professionalism. Thank the Lord," a rider told reporters that had gathered astatine Sydney Airport pursuing the plane’s arrival. 

One rider reported proceeding a "bang" mid-air earlier the level landed. 

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A Qantas pitchy is parked connected the tarmac adjacent to firetrucks astatine Sydney International Airport aft making an exigency landing successful Sydney, connected Wednesday, Jan. 18. (Jeremy Ng/AAP Image via AP / AP Images)

"We didn’t recognize it was really the full engine had gone, we conscionable heard a bang and that was it," she said. 

Qantas said the aviator unopen down the troubled engine, but did not specify the problem. 

The mayday telephone that came from the plane, which is issued erstwhile a formation is successful sedate and imminent information and needs contiguous assistance, was downgraded to a PAN-PAN -- imaginable assistance needed -- before the formation landed, the Associated Press reported. 

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Passengers clasp their loved ones aft getting disconnected Qantas Flight 144 pursuing its accomplishment successful Sydney, Australia. (APTN/AuBC / AP Images)

"While inflight motor shutdowns are rare, and would people beryllium concerning for passengers, our pilots are trained to negociate them safely and craft are designed to alert for an extended play connected 1 engine," Qantas said. 

Other passengers described their acquisition of the motor malfunction arsenic a "slight shudder" and "bumpy-like turbulence."  

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Qantas Flight 144 is seen landing successful Sydney, Australia connected Wednesday, Jan. 18 pursuing the motor malfunction. (Reuters / Reuters Photos)

Sydney Airport said exigency crews were enactment connected standby arsenic a precaution, including firefighters, ambulances and police. 

FOX Business has reached retired to Qantas Airlines and Boeing for further comment. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.