Travellers reveal what it was like on Auckland-bound Qantas flight from Sydney after mayday emergency landing

Passengers on a Qantas flight from Sydney to Auckland have described their shock after they were forced into an emergency landing when their pilot made a mayday call over the Tasman.

The life-threatening distress signal was triggered from QF141 on Friday when a cockpit alert warned of a fire in the cargo hold .

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Travellers on the Boeing737 said concern swept through the cabin, which included Wallabies fans travelling for Saturday’s Bledisloe Cup test at Eden Park.

“It was a bit of turbulence on the flight, like flight attendants rushing up and down the aisle,” one passenger said.

“They called a meeting halfway over, serving us food.

“But we were just like, what is happening? Like, what is happening?”