An Air Canada (AIDIF) flight was forced Thursday to return to Sydney International Airport amid reports of smoke onboard, an airport spokesman said.

The plane, a Boeing Co. (BA) 777 was seen landing safely at the airport after dumping fuel.

"There was a bit of smoke in the cabin," a spokesman for Australian Transport Minister said.

Air Canada was unreachable for comment.

-By Ross Kelly, Dow Jones Newswires; 61-2-8272-4692; Ross.Kelly@dowjones.com

(Enda Curran and David Rogers in Sydney contributed to this report)

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