Qantas engineers and aviation safety inspectors are set to examine a plane's jet engine to determine why it failed on an Auckland-Sydney flight, prompting a mayday call and emergency landing.
The pilot of Qantas Flight 144, a Boeing 737 aircraft, shut down the engine and made the mayday call over the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday afternoon before landing safely at Sydney airport about 3.30pm.
Passengers reported feeling bumps or a bit of turbulence but said they did not know a mayday had been issued until they landed. No one was hurt and passengers praised the pilot for landing the plane safely on one engine.
