An Air Canada plane has been forced to dump its fuel and return to the runway shortly after taking off from Sydney, Australia, reports say.
The Boeing 777, carrying 267 passengers, landed safely after aborting its flight to Vancouver.
Sydney media said the pilot chose to dump the fuel after a fire broke out in the plane’s galley.
The pilot did not declare an emergency but dumped the fuel and returned to Sydney, an Air Canada official said.
Jeannie Foster, general manager for Australia and New Zealand, said smoke was detected coming from an oven in the aircraft’s galley. She did not confirm reports of a fire.
An Australian Transport Safety Bureau spokesman told AAP that the airline had reported “smoke in the cabin”, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
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Air Canada in ‘Sydney fuel dump’