QANTAS Airways (Sydney) flight QF 94 returned to Los Angeles early this morning at 2:39 am after a water pipe burst on the Melbourne, Australia-bound Airbus A380 flooding parts of the cabin. One Twitter report from a passenger described the leak as a “river of water running down the aisles”.
Read the report from NBC Los Angeles: CLICK HERE
QANTAS issued this statement:
A flight from Los Angeles to Melbourne has returned to LA about an hour after take off as there was a water leak on board the aircraft. Crew on board did everything they could to help customers, including moving them to unaffected areas and providing spare blankets so they could stay dry.
We’re also providing customers with hotel accommodation while the issue is being fixed by our engineers in Los Angeles. We apologise to customers for the inconvenience. There were no safety of flight concerns with the water leak, however the Captain decided to return to LA in the interests of passenger comfort. We are liaising with Airbus to understand what caused this fault.
Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A380-842 VH-OQD (msn 026) lands at Los Angeles International Airport.
QANTAS Airways: 
air liner with pool attached!!! great news—gopal kp, kochi, INDIA
This is the second identical leak on an A380 in three weeks, a BA one had the same on the way back from LAX came down in Toronto, carried on to Shannon and the passengers were repatriated in 2 767-300’s
Thank you Jon for this information. I did not hear about the BA incident.
Bruce
Is it safe? I am due to fly on A380
Yes, the aircraft is safe.
Bruce
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