Qantas flight from Sydney to Fiji forced to turn back after ‘potential mechanical issue’

Incident comes a day after separate Qantas flight issued a mayday call due to an engine failure while en route to Australia

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A Qantas flight to Fiji has had to turn back and land at Sydney airport, as investigations begin into a different Qantas flight that issued a mayday call a day earlier because an engine failed.

QF101 from Sydney to Nadi returned to its point of departure on Thursday morning as a “precaution” after the pilots received a message about a “potential mechanical issue”.

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