A Qantas flight to Sydney departing Fiji was forced to turn back following concerns some passengers could smell fumes in the cabin.
QF102 landed back in Nadi yesterday after making a priority landing call to return to the airport.
Early indications are that the fumes were from an oven in the galley of the aeroplane.
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No passengers were affected by the fumes and the plane landed safely.
An investigation is underway.
A number of Qantas flights were turned back or forced to land in recent days, including an Auckland-Sydney flight that lost use of an engine.
Two flights out of Melbourne had to turn back and land on Friday.
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And on Thursday a Sydney-Fiji flight had to turn back as a precaution over a potential mechanical issue.
No injuries or accidents have taken place.
Qantas was recently named the world's safest airline for 2023, according to prominent website Airline Ratings.
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