Qantas Flight to San Francisco Turns Back After ‘Technical Issue’

Qantas Flight to San Francisco Turns Back After ‘Technical Issue’
A Qantas Boeing 747 takes off from Melbourne's Tullamarine International Airport. Torsten Blackwood/Getty Images
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SYDNEY—A Qantas jumbo jet bound for San Francisco was forced to return to Australia on Saturday after a “technical issue” 90 minutes into its flight, the airline said.

Engineers were inspecting the Boeing 747 after it landed at Sydney’s Kingsford Smith airport, a Qantas spokeswoman said, declining to say how many people were aboard. No injuries were reported.