{"id":591647,"date":"2026-09-06T05:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T05:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/591647\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T05:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T05:20:11","slug":"flames-shooting-out-of-the-engine-qantas-flight-from-queenstown-diverts-after-suspected-engine-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/591647\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Flames shooting out of the engine\u2019: Qantas flight from Queenstown diverts after \u2018suspected engine issue\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

A suspected engine issue forced an emergency diversion for a Qantas flight departing Queenstown after flames were seen shooting out of the engine.<\/p>\n

Queenstown residents saw what appeared to be flames coming from the engine of a Qantas flight destined for Sydney on Saturday, accompanied by the sound of loud explosions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A Qantas spokeswoman said flight QF122 had experienced a suspected engine issue after take-off\u00a0and was diverted to Christchurch as a precaution.<\/p>\n

It landed safely shortly after 5pm.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur pilots are highly trained to manage situations like this and the aircraft landed safely,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know this would have been a distressing experience for passengers and will be contacting all customers to provide support.\u201d<\/p>\n

Customers would be\u00a0provided accommodation and allocated other flights.<\/p>\n

According to Flight Radar, the flight\u00a0took off from Queenstown airport at 4.05pm and loud explosions were heard\u00a0above Queenstown at\u00a04.10pm.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"Queenstown Airport <\/p>\n

Queenstown resident Julian Noel said he was outside at the time chatting away to a neighbour when he heard the first of many loud thunderous booms.<\/p>\n

“I looked out towards the Remarkables and saw this Qantas jet gaining height, and there’s the sound again.<\/p>\n

Then there were these . . .\u00a0flames, and they’ve just shot out of the engine.\u201d<\/p>\n

His first thought was \u201choly s…, is this plane going to fall out of the sky\u201d.<\/p>\n

laine.priestley@odt.co.nz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A suspected engine issue forced an emergency diversion for a Qantas flight departing Queenstown after flames were seen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":591648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[138,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-591647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/591648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}