Qantas flight QF1929 has been forced to make emergency landing at Brisbane Airport.
Passengers were repeatedly told, ‘Stay down, heads down’ by cabin crew as the plane landed back at Brisbane Airport after departing for Adelaide.
The E190 aircraft departed at 8.20am and had been in the air for about 40 minutes before circling back to Brisbane.
Qantas said the emergency landing was due to a mechanical issue.
‘A flight from Brisbane to Adelaide returned to Brisbane shortly after take-off due to an issue with landing gear brakes. The aircraft landed normally and is being checked by engineers,’ a Qantas spokesperson told Daily Mail .
‘We understand that this would have been a distressing experience for customers and we thank them for following the instructions of the crew.
‘We are working hard to get customers on their way as quickly as possible. We will follow up with all customers to provide our support.’
The flight had been listed to land in Adelaide at 11.30am but a revised landing time is now 3:45pm
It is understood pilots were warned of an issue with the landing gear brakes via a light in the cockpit and standard procedure required the landing.
The brakes performed correctly and the aircraft landed as normal.
‘About 40 minutes into the flight the caption got on the intercom and said the brake light had been triggered,’ one passenger told 4BC.