Qantas sends rescue flight to Azerbaijan after stranded passengers left in the dark

Airline apologises to passengers and promises to get them to Heathrow airport ‘early on Christmas morning’

Qantas passengers stranded in Azerbaijan after an emergency landing are expected to make it to London by Christmas morning, after the airline deployed a recovery flight from Australia.

The recovery flight left Sydney at 11.40am on Saturday and was expected to pick up the stranded passengers from Baku airport and continue on to London arriving “early on Christmas morning”, according to a statement Qantas released on Saturday afternoon.