Airnorth flight forced to return to Darwin after ‘engineering issue’
AN Airnorth plane from Darwin has had to turn around after suffering ‘an engineering issue’
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AN Airnorth plane had been forced to turn back to Darwin after suffering “an engineering issue”.
The problem occurred about 9.10am Wednesday, shortly after departing Darwin Airport for Maningrida.
An Airnorth spokeswoman said the aircraft carrying 24 passengers and three crew returned safely to Darwin, landing at 9.40am.
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“All passengers and crew are safe, and customers have be accommodated on other services,” the spokeswoman said.
A passenger on the flight, who did not want to be named, said the plane had to fly around for about 45 minutes to burn fuel.
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They said the oxygen masks also fell from the overhead panels, but were not required, and the plane landed safely with two fire trucks standing by as it did.
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