Cracked windshield grounds Qantas plane

A QANTAS plane has been grounded after its windshield began to crack during a flight between Los Angeles and Melbourne.

The ABC reports the plane landed safely at Melbourne Airport but will undergo repair work to the side windshield, where the small cracks started to appear.

It is the second time this year that a Qantas flight has been grounded due to a cracked windshield.

A wiring fault on Friday stopped a Boeing 747 flying from Brisbane to Los Angeles, while two days earlier, an A380's tyres burst on landing at Sydney Airport after flying from London via Singapore. And last Tuesday another 747 landed safely in Sydney after reporting engine problems about 30 minutes into a flight to Singapore.

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