Qantas flight recovering stranded passengers from Azerbaijan finally lands in London

It comes as another Qantas flight leaving Sydney for London on Christmas Day was delayed from taking off due to a technical issue

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A Qantas plane that was sent to Azerbaijan to recover passengers stranded after an emergency landing has finally arrived in London on Christmas morning, but a string of challenges has frustrated holiday plans for those onboard.

As relieved passengers queued at Baku airport to board what would be a six-hour flight to London on Sunday morning, the original Qantas plane that flew them to Baku remained on the ground, as engineers continue to be puzzled by the cause behind smoke detection alarms that forced the plane to make an emergency landing.