By Kirsty Needham and Lewis Jackson
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Emergency services are on standby at Sydney airport after a Qantas Airways Ltd flight issued a mayday signal on Wednesday.
A New South Wales state ambulance spokesperson said the service was on standby at the airport after a Qantas flight from New Zealand issued a distress signal.
An airport spokeswoman said flight QF144 flight from Auckland had issued a mayday alert and 12 fire trucks were on standby as a precaution as it is due to land.
(Reporting by Kirsty Needham and Lewis Jackson; Editing by Kim Coghill; Writing by Alasdair Pal; Editing by Christopher Cushing)
