Leaky windscreen diverts Qantas flight

A 254-seat Perth-bound Qantas flight from Sydney was forced to divert to Adelaide last night when a cockpit windscreen developed a leak.

The Boeing 767-300 pilots reduced speed and altitude and QF583 limped "low and slow" to Adelaide where passengers were transferred to a smaller 162-seat Boeing 737-800.

Not all passengers could be accommodated on the smaller plane and 10 were taken to hotels and will be flown to Perth this morning.

Flight QF583 departed Sydney at 7.35pm and was scheduled to arrive in Perth at 10.35pm.

Qantas has confirmed the incident and is due to respond with further details this morning.

No one was injured during the incident.

Qantas says engineers are inspecting the aircraft and expected it to resume flying today.

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A Perth-bound Qantas flight from Sydney has been forced to divert to Adelaide after a windscreen was found leaking. 

Qantas confirmed to AAP on Tuesday that QF583, a 254-seat Boeing 767-300, left Sydney at 7.35pm on Monday and was due to arrive in Perth at 10.35pm before it was diverted.

The pilots were forced to reduce speed and altitude and head for Adelaide after their cockpit windscreen reportedly developed a leak.

No one was injured during the incident and most passengers were transferred to a smaller 162-seat Boeing 737-800, which later arrived in Perth.

Some passengers remained in Adelaide and were expected to be transferred to Perth on Tuesday morning.

Qantas says engineers are inspecting the aircraft and expected it to resume flying on Tuesday.

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