A Qantas spokesman said the pilots were alerted by a flashing “warning light” on the dashboard about 5pm.
“The captain of today’s QF 1 from Sydney to Dubai decided to return to Sydney about an hour into the flight after a coughpit indicator light reported a fault with part of the system that helps regulate the cabin temperature,” he said.
Lots of AV geeks in Orange NSW got some great shots of low-flying Airbus dumping fuel. Was the talk of the town (yeah, it's pretty quiet here).
Did you get the shots, from the top of Conobolas perhaps.
Matt
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