International Qantas flight makes emergency landing in Brisbane due to engine 'vibration' issue
A third Qantas flight in a week has made an emergency landing after a Japan-bound flight was forced to return to Brisbane due to an unknown "vibration" issue.
Flight QF61 headed for Tokyo made an unscheduled return to Brisbane 30 minutes into the flight when the pilots noticed a mechanical issue in one of the plane's engines.
Engineers have been examining the Airbus A330 aircraft but the cause of the vibration is not yet known.
The plane landed safely and passengers were put up in hotels in Brisbane overnight.
It was the second mechanical-related emergency landing for a Qantas flight in a week after an A380 plane en route from Melbourne to Dubai was forced to land in Sydney Tuesday due to a mechanical issue.
The problem was noticed hours into the trip when the plane was over Western Australia.
The flight, carrying 410 passengers, left Melbourne on Monday night and circled above Sydney for several hours before it touched down safely just before 7am on Tuesday.
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One passenger described the ordeal as a "minor inconvenience".
"We were kept well informed and it's better to be safe then sorry," Bree Turner told Yahoo7.
The flight was in the air for eight hours, enough time to travel to Indonesia or Malaysia.
On Friday another Qantas flight from Melbourne to London was forced to make an emergency landing in Oman after a man suffered a heart attack on board.
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