QF121 Issue today

[Darren Butterworth]

Just listening to 2GB and they stated that the flight to Shanghai is returning to YSSY, unable to retract its gear.

Anyone know anything else?

Daz

[Darren Butterworth]

Just heard there was no issue on landing, so probably more a pain than anything.

Anyone know which AC and what the issue was?

[Philip Argy]

Here's the online report from about 1.40 pm:

Qantas plane turns back with faulty landing gear

A Qantas plane bound for China is returning to Sydney because of a problem with its landing gear.
The airline says the pilot discovered the gear would not retract after take-off and decided to cancel the journey to Shanghai as a precaution.
Qantas says the problem will not require an emergency landing.
The plane carrying 197 passengers is expected to touch down shortly after 2pm AEDT.

[Sarah C]

To add to the "drama", Channel 9 had "breaking news" showing it on the runway, saying there was an 'emergency' at Sydney Airport. It is stationary at the end of 16R at the moment, the helicopters are circling for pictures, it really isn't that exciting.

Rego is VH-EBG.

[Nigel C]

There was a Jetstar A330 do the same during the spotting weekend (surprised it wasn't mentioned here...). On that occasion it had a gear tilt sensor break on take-off, so the aircraft thought it was still on the ground and wouldn't retract the gear.

Perhaps this is the same sort of problem?

[Stephen Brown]

The airline says the pilot discovered the gear would not retract after take-off and decided to cancel the journey to Shanghai as a precaution.

Would have been a bloody slow trip to China if had decided to keep going.