Mayday: Qantas pilots forced to declare a mid-air emergency

Authorities have launched an investigation after pilots were forced to declare a mid-air emergency after almost running out of fuel due to runway delays at a Western Australian airport.

Qantas Flight 933 from to was several hundred kilometres away from its destination on Monday when pilots declared a 'mayday' call to air traffic control while in queue to land.

The Boeing 737 entered Perth's airspace with an additional 20 minutes' worth of fuel, but was instructed to maintain a holding pattern due to an influx of inbound planes, reports.

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