Fire at Sydney Airport After Passengers Hear ‘Explosion’ on Qantas Flight

An engine failure onboard a Qantas flight with 174 people on board has set off a large grass fire at Sydney Airport, preventing other flights from landing. The airline issued a statement saying the incident was a “contained engine failure” and that, while passengers would have heard a “loud bang,” it was not an explosion as many had described it. No serious injuries have been reported. Photos and videos taken at the time of the landing and posted to social media showed plumes of smoke rising from Sydney Airport. Brisbane-bound flight QF250 was forced to circle the Greater Sydney area several times before returning to the airport to land, according to data from FlightRadar24, which is showing incoming and outgoing flights delayed by an average of an hour in the wake of the incident....