Phillipine Emergency Landing.
 

Philippine Airlines plane bound for Manila forced to making emergency landing at Sydney airport
Philippine Airlines flight PR212 was forced to land at Sydney airport on Sunday
The Manila-bound plane was scheduled to depart at 12.36pm but was grounded
The cause of the emergency landing is still unknown and no one was injured
‘The emergency landing was due to operational requirements,' the airline said


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Philippine Airlines plane forced to land after circling over Illawarra



Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain@kmcilwain

23 Apr 2017, 2:14 p.m.An airbus which spent about 40 minutes circling over the southern Illawarra on Sunday was forced to land back at Sydney just over an hour after it left.

According to flight trackers, Flight PAL212/PR212 took off from Sydney airport bound for Manila at 1.06pm, an hour and a half after its scheduled departure.

The A340 then headed south, towards the Illawarra, and made at least five loops over the southern part of the region.

Residents said the plane was “flying low over the region”, while other plane spotters said the aircraft was flying with its landing gear down.
Its unusual flight path circled over Lake Illawarra, across the back of Dapto and around over the Southern Highlands before circling back around over Albion Park.

After 50 minutes in the air, it turned back for Sydney, landing just before 2.15pm.

A Sydney airport spokeswoman said the plane had elected to turn back to Sydney and had landed safely.

On Sunday afternoon, the Mercury attempted to find out from Philippine Airlines why the plane made the unusual loop, but was only told the airline was “still coordinating with concerned offices for reports”.

“Rest assured, assigned personnel will be readily available in assisting and working around the situation,” the airline said.