The ABC reporter said he had been flying for decades and been across the world for the broadcaster, but “that big bang as the wheels were leaving the ground and the shudder, that was like nothing I have ever felt”.

A Qantas plane made an emergency landing after returning to Sydney Airport in Australia shortly after taking off after an engine failed, the airline said.

A Qantas Airways flight made an emergency landing in Sydney after it suffered an engine failure shortly after take-off, causing a grassfire at a runway. Emergency services rushed to the runway shortly after the Qantas flight safely landed at Sydney Airport and authorities reported a grassfire.