A Qantas flight scheduled to land in Wellington has been turned around due to a medical event.
An airline spokesman said a passenger had a "medical issue" 30 minutes into the flight from Melbourne.
He said flight QF171 landed back in Melbourne where the passenger was met by emergency services.
The Boeing 737-800 with a capacity of 180 passengers has departed for Wellington again.
![Flight QF171's flight track on Flightradar.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/J5VVNYWZFKEAJK3RZEMGD3P3RY.jpg?auth=8f7ceb6f1277b7e0c3236cb85bd1d32576c1da7aa13f232ba8c65bf92279ce28&width=16&height=10&quality=70&smart=true)