The incident comes just two days after a Qantas flight damaged part of a runway during a takeoff at Perth airport. Footage posted online showed parts of the tarmac ripped off as QF71 took off from ...

Qantas flight QF1929 left Brisbane Airport about 8.20am on Tuesday and was headed for Adelaide when it needed to turn back about 40 minutes into the flight. Passengers were reportedly told to keep ...

The Qantas flight to Singapore took off without incident but another flight operated by a 747 freighter that was preparing to land at Perth Airport opted to divert to Adelaide because of the damage.

“Something up with QantasLink (Alliance Airlines) flight QF1871 E190 VH-UYR down from Townsville to Brisbane,” the blog page posted. “Currently squeaking 7700 and rapid descent now diverting ...