A Qantas flight has made an emergency landing at Brisbane Airport on Tuesday morning, with passengers told midair the brakes had malfunctioned.
QF1929, operated by an E190 jet, left Brisbane at 8.20am en route to Adelaide, turned around in northern NSW, and landed back in Brisbane at 9.51am.
QF1929 made an emergency landing at Brisbane airport this morning.Credit: FlightAware.com
Passenger Tudor Vasile told radio program 4BC Mornings that about 40 minutes into the flight, the captain announced the brakes were locked in place, with fears this would mean the wheels would blow on impact.
“They turned the plane around, but then they were saying … we have to do an emergency landing. And so imagine everyone on the plane freaking out, thinking, what’s going on?
“They cleared the runways … you could see all the emergency vehicles on the tarmac ready to go, fire brigade, all that,” Vasile said.
“Coming into landing, everything was OK. And then about 15 seconds in, the captain jumped back on again and said, ‘brace for emergency impact’.
“Everyone started freaking out and jumping in the brace position … then we landed, and I tell you what, it was, was a great, great feeling knowing that the tyres didn’t blow and we landed safely.
“The whole plane just erupted in applause and cheers and excitement. Definitely heading into the bar now to have a beer.”
