S'pore-London Qantas flight makes emergency landing in Azerbaijan due to technical issue

Qantas flight QF1 began began squawking an emergency code in Georgian airspace before landing at Heydar Aliyev airport in Baku, Azerbaijan. - ST FILE

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A Qantas flight from Singapore to London has been diverted to Baku, Azerbaijan, due to a technical issue in the cockpit.

Flight QF1, an Airbus A380 that came into service in August 2009, departed Changi Airport’s Terminal 1 at 12.44am on Friday (Dec 22), following a delay of 49 minutes.