Qantas A388 near Honolulu on Apr 18th 2014, fuel pump failures

A Qantas Airbus A380-800, registration VH-OQK performing flight QF-94 (scheduled dep Apr 17th, actual dep Apr 18th) from Los Angeles,CA (USA) to Melbourne,VI (Australia), was enroute at FL340 about 150nm north of Honolulu,HI (USA) when a second fuel pump failed prompting the crew to abort the Pacific crossing and return to Los Angeles for a safe landing about 9:20 hours after departure.

The flight is currently expected to reach Melbourne with a delay of 36 hours.

Passengers reported the crew announced two fuel pumps in one fuel tank had failed.