Reports a Qantas plane has made an emergency landing at Sydney Airport. Picture: Nine News/Twitter Source: Supplied
A QANTAS plane has been forced to make an emergency landing at Sydney Airport after the undercarriage overheated.
QantasLink QF2260, which was travelling from Sydney to Lord Howe Island, was forced to return to Sydney "due to a technical issue with the air-conditioning system", a spokeswoman for the airline said.
The plane landed at 1.47pm (AEDT) and ambulance crews assessed about 50 passengers for dehydration.
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The Qantas spokeswoman said the flight crew had called ahead to request medical assistance and the plane was met by ambulance crews on the tarmac.
She could not confirm the temperature inside the cabin, but said it was high enough to cause the plane to turned around.
Some passengers reported that the temperature had reached up to 40 degrees in the cabin.
Passengers and crew were treated for heat exposure at the airport and two passengers were taken to hospital, the Qantas spokeswoman said.
An ambulance spokesman said paramedics were called to the airport around 1.30pm today after "reports the temperature inside was quite high,'' he said.
Two female passengers were treated at the scene for dehydration and taken to hospital, in a stable condition.
A spokeswoman for Sydney Airport confirmed a Qantas aircraft landed there this afternoon but would not give any further details.
''I can confirm that there was a Qantas aircraft that landed,'' she said.
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