Sydney, Oct 1
A Qantas flight to South Africa was forced to turn back to Sydney due to a technical fault, the airline said on Wednesday.
Qantas flight QF63 to Johannesburg departed Sydney Airport at 10:14 a.m. local time on Tuesday with around 400 passengers on board, and had been in the air for about four hours when it turned back to Sydney due to a fault with satellite communications, reports news agency.
The Airbus A380 landed back at Sydney Airport shortly after 7:30 p.m..
A spokesperson for Qantas said on Wednesday that no mayday or other emergency calls were made.
They said that the aircraft would be examined by an engineering team to determine the cause of the fault.
All passengers were offered accommodation and booked on another flight scheduled to depart at 1 p.m. on Wednesday.