WELLINGTON, July 26 (Xinhua) -- A Boeing 737 passenger plane of the Australian airlines Qantas, has been grounded in New Zealand's largest city of Auckland while engineers were investigating what sparked a malfunction on a flight to Brisbane on Saturday.
The Boeing 737, bound for Australia, was forced to return to Auckland airport with 91 passengers onboard after the plane started to depressurise, Radio New Zealand reported on Sunday.
Qantas said the jet lost cabin pressure at 25,000 feet, forcing the captain to turn the plane around shortly after take-off.
The airline was playing down the incident, saying the malfunction was not an emergency.
Qantas said there was never a threat to passengers or the crew because the depressurisation was so small it was not necessary to supply oxygen masks.
The plane made it safely back to Auckland and the passengers were transferred to a different flight.
The jet remained grounded while Qantas engineers were investigating the cause and making repairs.
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