Australian Qantas jet makes emergency landing

A Qantas jet has been forced to make an emergency landing on Lord Howe Island following engine failure, an spokeswoman for the Australian airline said on Wednesday. The Qantas spokeswoman told the Australian Associated Press (AAP) flight QF2260 from Sydney to Lord Howe Island, Australia's holiday destination in New South Wales, experienced an "oil pressure issue" with one of its engines. "The engine was shut down in line with standard operating procedure and the aircraft landed at Lord Howe Island without incident a short time later," she said. The emergency landing occurred around 2 p.m. (local time), the spokeswoman said. Engineers are on the way to Lord Howe Island to assess the aircraft, she said. There were no injuries resulting from the landing and passengers had disembarked.