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Qantas flight from Adelaide to Canberra forced to make emergency diversion

A Qantas flight from Adelaide to Canberra has been diverted to Melbourne after a pressurisation issue.

Masks dropped down for the passengers on the flight.

Masks dropped down for the passengers on the flight. Source: Twitter

A Qantas flight from Adelaide to Canberra has been diverted to Melbourne after a cabin pressurisation issue.

A statement from the airline says pilots on flight QF706 followed standard procedure when the incident occurred on Tuesday morning, descending to 10,000 feet.

Facebook user Jeffrey Malone said he was aboard the flight and the cabin staff did a great job at "keeping the passengers calm and informed of what was happening".

"The aircraft shuddered a bit, there was a bit of a ‘bang’ sound (seemed to come from front right of cabin), then the masks dropped and the alert messages played," he said.

"Aircraft then descended to 10000 ft, diverted to Melbourne, and landed with no issues."

A spokesperson from Qantas said the aircraft was given a priority landing at Melbourne Airport and "landed without incident. It was not an emergency landing".

More in English via SBS News.


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