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Scare at Sydney Airport

Sydney, Australia – An airplane belonging to Air Pacific leaked hydraulic fluid initiating emergency fire measures

An Air Pacific B-747/400 plane left from Fiji with 247 persons on board and 16 crew members around 11:40am today before landing at Sydney Airport leaked hydraulic fluid causing the emergency fire measures: but the airplane managed to touch down safetly. Some passengers feared a terrorist attack.

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 117169
Rome, Italy, 03/25/2005 16:56
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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