Qantas flight from Auckland lands safely in Sydney after issuing mayday call

Second distress signal in a month for airline after Singapore to London flight made emergency landing in Azerbaijan in late December

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A Qantas flight from Auckland has landed safely in Sydney after issuing a mayday call mid-flight due to an extremely rare" engine failure that meant the pilot had to land with one engine.

Qantas flight 144 landed at Sydney airport about 3.30pm on Wednesday. The Boeing 737 had left Auckland an hour late about 2.30pm local time.