A Qantas plane has been evacuated before takeoff after smoke filled the cabin at Sydney Airport.
Exhaust smoke from an aircraft tug, a vehicle that moves planes on the ground, made its way into the cabin of the Airbus A220 on Monday night.
The passengers were escorted off the plane and an inspection found nothing wrong with the aircraft.
The plane had been headed to Melbourne.
Passengers were transferred onto another flight on Tuesday morning.
It comes after a Qantas plane bound for Sydney had to be diverted when flames were seen coming from one of the engines.
Flight QF122 departed on time from Queenstown, New Zealand, at 3.25pm on Saturday but was quickly diverted to Christchurch.
It was in the air for just over an hour, according to data from monitoring website FlightAware.
A Qantas plane has been evacuated before takeoff after smoke filled the cabin at Sydney Airport
Footage published by 1News showed flames coming from an engine on the left wing as the plane gained altitude shortly after departing Queenstown.
‘One of our flights to Sydney experienced a suspected engine issue after take-off from Queenstown this afternoon and the aircraft diverted to Christchurch,’ a spokesperson told the Daily Mail in a statement.
‘Our pilots are highly trained to manage situations like this and the aircraft landed safely.
‘We know this would have been a distressing experience for passengers and will be contacting all customers to provide support.’
The Qantas flight landed safely in Christchurch and customers were provided accommodation and reaccommodated on other flights.
