Global Airport News

Australia's Qantas Airways said on Monday one of its aircraft had been grounded after developing cracks in a cockpit window while flying from the United States.

The Boeing 747 landed safely in Melbourne on Monday morning after a flight from Los Angeles but was immediately grounded. The first officer noticed the cracks during the flight, a spokesman said.

The windscreen was to be replaced and the plane was expected to leave for the United States again early on Tuesday.

It is the latest in a series of recent technical mishaps involving Qantas. Last week one of the airline's Airbus A380 aircraft was grounded after two tyres exploded on landing in Sydney.