Qantas flight emergency landing

2022 - 12 - 24

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Qantas plane en route to London makes emergency landing in ... (The Guardian)

Flight QF1 landed safely at Baku's Heydar Aliyev international airport on Friday and was met by emergency services on the runway, after pilots reported 7700 – a ...

The email said Qantas was “working with the local ground team to provide you with hotel accommodation”. “The only thing that was odd was they abruptly turned on the lights and nothing was said for about 10-15 minutes. “Baku airport is not an airport that Qantas normally operates to, so we don’t have baggage handlers who are authorised to remove your bags from the cargo hold. “The aircraft intermittently alerted the pilots to the potential of smoke in the cargo hold. “Arrangements are being urgently made to get you on your way to London as quickly as possible. Initial investigations have found no evidence of smoke in the cargo hold,” the spokesperson said.

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Anxious Qantas passengers stranded in Azerbaijan express ... (SBS)

Travellers stranded in the eastern European nation after their flight made an emergency landing are now expected to be in London by Christmas.

Been in Baku for 24 hours now and no word from them in 14 hours". "Hey Qantas, I'm one of the GF1 passengers stranded in Baku. “We know this has been a significant disruption for customers ahead of Christmas, however, we will always put safety before schedule.

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Qantas A-380 forced to ground in Azerbaijan sparks delays with ... (Daily Mail)

The A-380 aircraft was heading from Singapore to London when the plane was forced to change course to Heydar Aliyev International Airport at Baku on Friday.

This also delayed the return service from Bali to Sydney. 'The whole intent was to be back home for Christmas. The A-380 aircraft was heading from Singapore to London when the plane was forced to change course to Heydar Aliyev International Airport at Baku on Friday Nik Long is among the holidaymakers stranded in Baku and said he was on the next flight out that had been scheduled to leave at 10.30pm on Saturday. [Singapore](/news/singapore/index.html) to [London](/news/london/index.html) when the plane was forced to change course to Heydar Aliyev International Airport at Baku on Friday. In another blow a different Qantas flight was cancelled 10 minutes before it was due to depart Bali leaving more passengers upset on the other side of the globe.

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Qantas flight makes emergency landing on way to London after ... (The National)

Flight QF1 landed safely at Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku with emergency services waiting on the runway. According to flight tracking website ...

Initial investigations have found no evidence of smoke in the cargo hold.” Initial investigations have found no evidence of smoke in the cargo hold. “The aircraft intermittently alerted the pilots to the potential of smoke in the cargo hold.

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Qantas sends recovery flight to pick up stranded Baku passengers (The Sydney Morning Herald)

The Qantas A380 stuck in Azerbaijan has had knock-on effects for travellers hoping to get home from London, while people in Bali are also struggling to get ...

“Due to crew rest requirements the flight was unable to continue on to Bali until Saturday. This also delayed the return service from Bali to Sydney,” he said. The whole intent was to be back home for Christmas,” the man said. [Sign up here](https://www.theage.com.au/link/follow-20170101-p57ogt). No effort to make right with anything that might help cheer us up. So, Christmas may be spent in the air [or in] immigration.” “Otherwise we’ll need to wait for that to catch up to us, which may turn out to be too late.” Qantas has never had a fatal jet airliner accident. “They [Qantas] said the plane would come to Bali in the morning and that we would be flying to Sydney at 2pm tomorrow [Indonesian time],” said Mansell, who was able to return to his home in Bali rather than a hotel. A Qantas spokesman said a flight from Sydney was diverted to Jakarta because of ”unexpected poor weather” in Bali on Friday. “Most of us are still in limbo waiting for details for connecting flights. Qantas said in a statement that engineers were travelling from London and Sydney to inspect the A380 currently on the ground in Baku with a suspected faulty sensor in the cargo hold.

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QF A380 flight to London makes emergency landing in Baku ... (AeroTime News Hub)

A Qantas A380 flight enroute to London's Heathrow Airport (LHR) had to make an emergency landing on December 23, 2022 in Azerbaijan's Heydar Aliyev ...

Engineers will inspect the aircraft prior to it continuing its journey.” the spokesperson said. Flightradar24 also said that the aircraft was ‘squawking’ – that is, issuing a 7700, which is the code for an emergency – before making an unscheduled landing at Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku. A Qantas A380 flight enroute to London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR) had to make an emergency landing on December 23, 2022 in Azerbaijan’s Heydar Aliyev International Airport (BYD).

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