A Qantas 767 has been forced to turn around and make an emergency landing at Sydney Airport due to a hydraulic leak, the airline says.
The international flight bound for Manila took off at 1.20pm (AEST) and landed back at Sydney Airport about 3pm after air traffic controllers gave the pilot priority clearance to land.
A Qantas spokeswoman said Qantas flight QF19, a Boeing 767 300 with 200 passengers on board, “landed without incident after the captain became aware that the aircraft had a hydraulic leak”.
“On inspection, engineers determined that fluid was coming from the spoiler actuator that was not evident before departure,” the spokeswoman told AAP.
“There was no safety issue at any time.”
She said passengers would be placed on another aircraft which will depart Sydney for Manila at 5.30pm (AEST).
The 767 plane is being inspected by aircraft engineers.
An Air Services Australia spokesman said all passengers and crew were “fine”.
It comes a week after an explosion blew a hole in a Qantas jet flying from Hong Kong to Melbourne, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in Manila.
Qantas was on Friday completing checks on oxygen bottles on its fleet of Boeing 747s.
