Qantas plane forced to make emergency landing in Brisbane

A Qantas flight was forced to make an emergency landing after the aircraft lost the use of its brakes during the journey. 

A warning light indicating a potential issue with the brakes came on shortly after QF1908 from Canberra to Brisbane took off on Friday night. 

The pilot told passengers there was a technical issue and the aircraft would have to land earlier than usual, the Courier Mail reports. 

The plane, which was delayed, landed without issue on the longest runway at Brisbane Airport at 8.02pm with five fire trucks on standby. 

‘The pilot handled the situation extremely well and you wouldn’t know the brakes had failed. It was a smooth landing,’ one passenger said. 

Daily Mail Australia understands the pilots received an indication in the cockpit about a possible issue with the aircraft’s brakes. 

The pilots then requested a priority landing (PAN) in line with standard practice. 

Passengers were able to disembark normally from the plane after the plane landed safely in Brisbane and was taxied to the gate. 

It comes after Qantas was rated the 24th best airline in the world for 2024. 

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The rankings were announced at the 2024 World Airline Awards at the Fairmont Windsor Park Hotel, London, on Monday.

Qatar Airways was crowned the world’s best airline, making it the eighth time the carrier has been awarded the top honour ever.

Qantas came in at 17th place in 2023 and was ranked fifth in 2022. 

The rankings are determined by passengers from 100 countries who take part in online customer satisfaction surveys carried out by Skytrax.

The awards are known as the ‘Oscars of the aviation industry’ and rank airlines on aspects such as catering and inflight services.

Jetstar fell from 69th to 75th place while Virgin Australia tumbled from 46th to 54th with Rex the only Aussie airline to go up in the rankings from 56th to 50th.