Unbelievable: Another faulty Qantas plane just a day after the last one

Maintenance must be non-existent

A QANTAS flight from Sydney to Canberra was forced to abort a landing after the pilot was alerted to a flap defect. QF779 was delayed by about 25 minutes yesterday afternoon as it circled Canberra Airport until getting the all-clear to land, the airline said.

A Qantas spokeswoman said the pilot of the Boeing 737, carrying 77 people, was following standard procedure after an indicator in the cockpit showed a defect with one of the plane's flaps during pre-landing checks.

The aircraft landed safely and has since departed Canberra Airport for another scheduled flight, she said.

It follows a series of recent incidents that have forced Qantas flights to be grounded. On Tuesday last week a Singapore-bound Qantas flight was forced to turn around and return to Sydney Airport after an engine problem. The next day, a Qantas jet suffered two tyre blowouts while landing at Sydney Airport, due to braking problems. Two days later a flight from Brisbane to Los Angeles was grounded because of a wiring problem.

Earlier this week, another aircraft that was flying to Los Angeles was grounded in Melbourne after cracks started to appear in its cockpit window.

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