Cargo flight from Melbourne makes emergency landing at Sydney Airport

A cargo plane flying from Melbourne has landed safely at Sydney Airport after declaring a mayday early Tuesday morning.

A cargo plane has made an emergency landing at Sydney Airport. Picture: Flightradar

A cargo plane has made an emergency landing at Sydney Airport in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

The flight, which departed from Melbourne, touched down about 3:30am after issuing a mayday call mid-flight.

Because the aircraft was not carrying passengers, it did not breach Sydney’s overnight curfew.

“Mayday, mayday, mayday,” was heard broadcast over the airband before the plane landed.

The aircraft was being operated by a third-party airline but was using a Qantas call sign at the time of the incident.

Sydney Airport confirmed the plane landed without issue.

The reason for the emergency landing has not yet been confirmed.

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