A plane bound for Sydney has started a “Mayday” in flight due to an engine failure: over 100 passengers on board, ambulance on the runway
Posted on: 18-01-2023 10:07
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fear in flight. A airplane directly to the airport Sydney started a ‘May Day’, i.e. an emergency call to signal a broken down to the engine. On board, over 100 passengers. On the runway, ready to intervene, dozens Ambulance. However, the landing took place without complications. What do we know.
the ‘may day’
The flight Qantas 144, headed from Auckland to Sydney started a “Mayday” over an engine failure, a source has confirmed to Guardian Australia, although authorities have not released details on the matter.
The Boeing 737, which is expected to land in Sydney at 15:30 local time after departing the New Zealand city at 15:30 local time, was delayed by an hour with a single engine. He confirmed it Neil Hanford, Chairman of Strategic Aviation Solutions, a Sydney-based industry consultancy.
Photo source: ANS The plane landed in Sydney
The flight radar data showed, as reported by local media quoted by Ansa, that the plane it lost altitude and speed less than an hour after takeoff.
According to the Australian Air Traffic Control Authority, a distress signal indicates that a “Aircraft is in imminent danger and requires immediate assistance“.
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Ambulance on the runway
It started at Sydney Airport ten by ambulance, but also firefighters and Police.
“Your name was i Paramedic”, added the Ambulance Service spokesman as flight QF144 from Auckland approached the Australian stopover.
Safe landing
In the end though the plane landed without any problems in Sydney.
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That’s what the passengers said to journalists, as LaPresse reported only when you get off the plane They would be warned of the failure of one of the engines.
They described experiencing the engine malfunction as a “light thrill” It is a “Turbulence”.
Sydney Airport said in a statement that emergency crews – including firefighters, ambulances and police – had been placed on standby Caution.
Photo source: ANSA