That big bang as the wheels were leaving the ground and the shudder — that was like nothing I’ve ever felt,” one passenger said.

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.