What: Qantas jet 737-800 flight 692 (domestic flight)
Where: Adelaide airport
When: Monday 6:10 pm three days after the Qantas jumbo jet blew a hole in its fuselage
Who: On return to the airport, the full load of passengers relocated to another plane
Why: routine 'air turn-back' shortly after take-off when one of the landing gear doors failed to retract
Note
Passengers reported hearing a "grinding" noise shortly after take-off as the pilot attempted to correct the malfunction.
A hydraulic leak in the controls in the wing was detected on the plane shortly after it took off from Sydney International Airport at 1:20 p.m. en route to Manila. Qantas said the leak wasn't apparent prior to takeoff. "On inspection, engineers determined that fluid was coming from the spoiler actuator that was not evident before departure."
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