More problems for Qantas as lightning and bird strike planes

A bird and a bolt of lightning have struck two separate Qantas planes and caused more problems for the Australian airline.

More problems for Qantas as lightning and bird strike planes

A bird and a bolt of lightning have struck two separate Qantas planes and caused more problems for the Australian airline.

Qantas spokesman Tom Woodward said a Boeing 747 carrying 171 passengers bound for Sydney turned back to Johannesburg in South Africa after a bird slammed into one of the jumbo jet’s four engines shortly after take-off. The plane landed safely.

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