Qantas flight turns back to Bangkok | Bangkok Post: breakingnews

A Sydney-bound Qantas flight was forced to turn back to Bangkok after a bang was heard on board, according to the airline, as the carrier separately grounded five aircraft due to a labour row.

This file photo shows a Qantas Airways Boeing 747 plane. A Sydney-bound Qantas flight was on Monday forced to turn back to Bangkok after a bang was heard on board, according to the airline, as the carrier separately grounded five aircraft due to a labour row.

The 'Flying Kangaroo', which is locked in increasingly heated talks with pilots, engineers and baggage handlers on wages and conditions, was also explaining how it fumbled the delivery of an unaccompanied 11-year-old boy.