One more for the pile... :rollseyes:

[Daniel M]

I can just see it...next week, go arounds will be the latest craze for the media

A QANTAS international flight bound for Manila has made an emergency landing at Sydney Airport.
An Air Services Australia spokesman said the pilot was forced to turn back to Sydney shortly taking off from Sydney's international airport.

"Air traffic controllers received a call from the pilot declaring an emergency and proceeded to give priority clearance for a landing at Sydney," the spokesman told AAP.

He said details of the nature of the emergency were not yet available.

He said the flight landed safely at about 3pm (AEST) and passengers and crew were "fine''.

He was unable confirm the type of aircraft or whether the passengers had disembarked.

"It was a Qantas flight, but I'm not sure if it was a 747,'' he said.

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 yesterday completing checks on oxygen bottles on its fleet of Boeing 747s.

Comment is being sought from Qantas.

http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/...014090,00.html