Firefighters at Sydney Airport have found small pieces of metal in long grass near the runway where a Qantas flight suffered an engine failure, triggering a grassfire.

A Qantas Airways plane bound for Brisbane suffered an engine failure after take-off on Friday and circled for a short period of time before returning safely to Sydney Airport, the Australian airline said.

Qantas said in a statement on Friday that there had been a "contained engine failure" on the Boeing 737-800 aircraft.

A Qantas Airways plane bound for Brisbane suffered an engine failure after takeoff on Friday and circled for a short period of time before returning safely to Sydney Airport, the Australian airline said.

A Qantas flight made an emergency return to Sydney on Friday afternoon after encountering an engine failure that started a grass fire near the runway.

That big bang as the wheels were leaving the ground and the shudder — that was like nothing I’ve ever felt,” one passenger said.

A Qantas airlines flight made an emergency landing at Sydney Airport on Friday afternoon after suffering engine failure shortly after takeoff, the company said.

A Qantas flight bound for Brisbane made an emergency landing in Sydney airport after passengers heard a loud bang from one of its engines, Australian media reported on Friday. The aircraft circled back and landed safely at Sydney airport,

An investigation is underway into what caused an engine failure on a Qantas flight as it departed Sydney. Passengers on board reported hearing a loud bang on take-off, before the flight made an emergency landing.

A Qantas aircraft that made an emergency landing in Sydney on Friday could return to the skies as early as this week as engineers work to replace the right engine of the Boeing 737-800.

A Qantas plane made an emergency landing Friday due to engine failure soon after taking off from Australia's Sydney Airport, sparking a grassfire on a nearby runway and causing several flights to be diverted.