Created Wednesday, Aug 9th 2023 14:22Z, last updated Wednesday, Aug 9th 2023 14:22Z
An Alliance Air Embraer ERJ-190 on behalf of Qantas, registration VH-UZH performing flight
QF-1978 from Adelaide,SA to Canberra,AC (Australia), was climbing out of Adelaide's runway 23 cleared to climb to FL240 when the crew stopped the climb at about 9000 feet advising ATC they were working on a bleed air problem. The crew subsequently requested to return to Adelaide stating that operations would be normal and entered a hold to work the related checklists, no services were needed. The aircraft landed safely back on Adelaide's runway 23 about 35 minutes after departure.
A replacement ERJ-190 registration VH-XVX reached Canberra with a delay of about 2:10 hours.
