A Qantas flight with hundreds of passengers en route to South Africa has been forced to make a U-turn and return to Sydney due to a fault. More than 400 passengers on board the QF63 flight from Sydney to Johannesburg when it turned around South of Tasmania on Tuesday. Camera Icon Hundreds of passengers en route to South African have been forced to return to Sydney after a fault. Credit: News Corp AustraliaA Qantas spokesman told NewsWire the “fault was with the satellite communications”, which is required for travelling over large bodies of water. Camera Icon The flight was forced to return to Sydney.