Qantas flight turns back after burst water pipe

A Qantas Flight from LA to Melbourne has been forced to turn back and land after a water pipe started leaking an hour into the journey on the upper deck.

Around one hour into the flight, water started to leak from the pipe and the pilot decided to turn back as a precautionary measure.

One passenger told 7News how water seeped through the floor and rained on passengers in economy class below.

The Airbus 380 landed safely back at LA and Qantas are putting all passengers up in a hotel overnight.

In a media release, Quantas said:

"A flight from Los Angeles to Melbourne has returned to LA about an hour after take off as there was a water leak on board the aircraft. Crew on board did everything they could to help customers, including moving them to unaffected areas and providing spare blankets so they could stay dry.

"We're also providing customers with hotel accommodation while the issue is being fixed by our engineers in Los Angeles. We apologise to customers for the inconvenience. There were no safety of flight concerns with the water leak, however the Captain decided to return to LA in the interests of passenger comfort. We are liaising with Airbus to understand what caused this fault."