CANBERRA, July 29 (Chinese media) -- Australia's largest airline company Qantas on Tuesday called reports of a new mid-air emergency were incorrect after a Melbourne-bound passenger jet was forced to return to Adelaide.
The Boeing 737-800 left Adelaide Airport shortly after 6 p.m. Monday but turned around 10 minutes into the flight after a door over one of the wheel bays failed to close properly, an airline spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
She said the pilot made a routine landing without incident, and reports that passengers were chaotic in the cabin and that the plane was forced to make an emergency landing were incorrect.
"Qantas flight 692 operating between Adelaide and Melbourne performed a routine 'air turn-back' shortly after take-off, due to an indication of one of the landing gear doors failing to retract," Australian Associated Press quoted the spokeswoman as saying.
"The aircraft landed without incident and all passengers were accommodated on other flights. There was no safety risk at any time," she said.
The spokeswoman said air cabin crew kept the passengers informed of what was happening as the plane returned to Adelaide, before they were transferred to other flights.
The passengers eventually arrived in Melbourne early Tuesday morning, some five hours after their original scheduled arrival.
The latest incident came just three days after a hole was blasted in the fuselage of a Qantas Boeing 747 during an international flight to Melbourne, forcing it to land in Manila.
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