United Airlines plane: Blown tyres. @BrendenWood
Travellers are facing lengthy delays after a plane was forced to return to Sydney Airport shortly after it took off on Sunday afternoon.
A Sydney Airport spokeswoman earlier said that the United Airlines flight 840 "blew a tyre" when it took off shortly after 3pm but there has since been reports more than one tyre burst.
The Boeing 747, which was bound for Los Angeles, dumped fuel into the ocean before returning to land safely at Sydney Airport.
Sydney Airport released a statement saying passengers and crew on board the plane are in the process of returning to the terminal.
"This has caused delays to some international operations however all domestic flights are operating as scheduled," the statement said.
"Passengers travelling internationally are advised to contact their individual airline to confirm their flight details."
On Twitter, people across the country reported experiencing long delays with some still stuck waiting in planes on the tarmac.
Paul Oakes, @Paul Oakes, tweeted: "Sydney Airport get your act together, we want to take off here in Canberra #QF562 @QantasAirways"
Paul Noonan, @PTNoo, tweeted: "Please fix Sydney airport. Flight to Melbourne delayed and now sitting on Tarmac another 45 mins because only 1 runway avail for takeoff"
Nuno Goncalves, @Fto–nuno7, tweeted: Delayed in melbourne for an hour because of #UA840
Australian Financial Review columnist Michael Smith, @MikeSmithAFR, tweeted: ""Excessive" delays at #sydneyairport due to incident on tarmac. Sitting on runway in Melbourne waiting for details."
A Sydney Airport spokeswoman could not confirm if one of the airport's runways was closed.
United Airlines have been contacted for comment.
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