(Bloomberg) -- Qantas Airways Ltd. said first-half profit ... tax in the six months ended Dec. 31 dropped to A$1.25 billion ($757 million) from A$1.43 billion a year earlier, the Australian ...

The flight took off at 8:55 a.m. and returned to Los Angeles at 12:15 p.m. due to an undisclosed mechanical issue affecting the Boeing 757-300 ... a red-eye Qantas flight QF16 headed to Brisbane ...