Qantas Flight Lands Safely At Sydney After Mayday Alert Triggers Emergency - NDTV

Sydney:

Ambulance services were called to Sydney airdrome connected Wednesday day to conscionable an incoming Qantas level that had issued a mid-air mayday alert.

The formation -- QF144 -- was believed to beryllium carrying much than 100 passengers from New Zealand, an ambulance spokeswoman said.

The plane, a Boeing 737-800, appeared to onshore safely astatine Sydney airdrome earlier coming to a halt connected the runway, tv images from nationalist broadcaster ABC showed.

NSW Ambulance earlier said they were connected standby astatine the airdrome -- portion of their "emergency activation" plans -- aft the level issued a mid-air mayday telephone implicit the Tasman Sea betwixt Australia and New Zealand.

"Paramedics person been called," an ambulance work spokeswoman added arsenic formation QF144 from Auckland approached the airport.

Multiple Australian media outlets reported that the level had issued the mayday alert aft encountering issues with 1 of its engines.

The Boeing 737-800 is simply a twin-engine level and capable to onshore safely with conscionable 1 engine.

According to the Australian government's aviation regulator, a mayday telephone "indicates an craft is successful sedate and imminent information and requires contiguous assistance".

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