An Air Canada Boeing 777 sits at a gate after it was forced to return to Sydney Airport in Sydney, Thursday, July 28, 2011, after crew members saw smoke coming from an oven in the galley. No one on Flight AC34 was injured in the incident, which forced the pilot to dump fuel before safely landing. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
SYDNEY - An Air Canada flight returned to Sydney airport on Thursday after crew members saw smoke coming from an oven in the galley, an airline official said. No one on Flight AC34 was injured in the incident, which forced the pilot to dump fuel before safely landing the plane in Sydney, said Jeannie Foster, Air Canada's general manager for Australia and New Zealand.
"There was smoke seen by a crew member in an oven so the captain made the right decision and decided to come back to Sydney to check it out as a safety precaution," Foster told The Associated Press.
"They had to dump fuel because it's a very heavy airplane with 15 hours worth of fuel to get to Canada," Foster said.
She denied earlier reports of a fire breaking out on board.
"There was no fire at all," she said.
There was no damage to the Boeing 777 and no smoke entered the cabin, Foster said. Engineers who examined the plane determined a faulty oven caused the smoke and removed the appliance, she said.
The flight, which was bound for Vancouver and Toronto, returned to the air later Thursday afternoon. Australian air safety investigators said they don't plan to investigate the incident.
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wonder what would have happened if it were us
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