Qantas flight from Sydney to Fiji forced to turn back after ‘potential mechanical issue’

A Qantas spokesperson said the airline is working to get passengers to Fiji as soon as possible after QF101 from Sydney was forced to turn back. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

A Qantas flight to Fiji has had to turn back and land at Sydney airport, as investigations begin into a different Qantas flight that issued a mayday call a day earlier because an engine failed.

QF101 from Sydney to Nadi returned to its point of departure on Thursday morning as a “precaution” after the pilots received a message about a “potential mechanical issue”.