Qantas airliner makes forced landing in Sydney with hydraulic oil leak

The crashed Qantas Boeing 767 passenger plane was inspected by staff after it made a forced landing.

China News Service, August 3rd. Qantas Airlines had its third flight landing accident within 9 days. A Qantas Boeing 767 passenger plane bound for Manila, Philippines, found a leak in the hydraulic system shortly after taking off from Sydney on the 2nd. The pilot was forced to drain fuel in the air and then flew back to Sydney Airport for an emergency landing. Aviation authorities deny Qantas lowered safety standards.

According to Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po, the Qantas QF19 aircraft carrying 200 passengers, shortly after taking off at about 1:20 p.m. local time on the 2nd, the air traffic controller found that an object that looked like smoke was emerging from the back of the aircraft. It was later confirmed that the hydraulic oil leaked from the hydraulic system on the wing, causing a small amount of spray at the tail of the aircraft. The pilot then told the air traffic controller that it was necessary to make an emergency landing and landed safely at about 3 o'clock. Passengers were arranged to transfer to another flight to Manila later.

Some passengers said that the passenger plane flew low for about 5 minutes after taking off, spilled oil over the sea east of Sydney, and then hovered in mid-air for more than an hour. Qantas pointed out that no oil leakage was found before the plane took off, stressing that there was no safety problem before take-off. Qantas denied that the plane made an emergency landing, saying that the passengers were not in danger and the turning back was only a precaution.

On the 25th of last month, a Qantas Boeing 747-400 passenger plane flew from Hong Kong to Melbourne when the cabin suddenly decompressed, from 8800 meters to 3000 meters, and landed safely in Manila. Later, it was confirmed that an oxygen cylinder exploded and blew through a big hole in the fuselage. On the 27th of last month, a Qantas 737-800 passenger plane took off from Adelaide Airport to Melbourne. The door suddenly opened and had to make an emergency landing at Adelaide Airport.