Qantas plane grounded after cockpit malfunction

A QANTAS international flight had to return to Australia half an hour after take-off after a technical glitch in the cockpit. The plane was travelling from Sydney to Jakarta, in Indonesia, when the crew was alerted to a problem.

"The flight QF41 took off from Sydney at 3.20pm but soon after a cockpit message alert was sent to the crew. "The captain followed procedures and returned to Sydney at 3.55pm.

"Engineers inspected the plane, as passengers stayed on board, and found out it was a false alarm within half an hour. "It then took another half an hour before a take-off slot could be found and the plane left for its destination of Jakarta at 4.55pm," a Qantas spokesman said.

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