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Engine Failure Forces Airliner to Return to Singapore

   Brian Padden | Jakarta 04 November 2010
   Firefighters surround a Qantas passenger plane which made an emergency
   landing  in  Singapore's  Changi  International  Airport  after having
   engine problems, 04 Nov 2010

Photo: AP

   Firefighters surround a Qantas passenger plane which made an emergency
   landing  in  Singapore's  Changi  International  Airport  after having
   engine problems, 04 Nov 2010

   The  Australian  national  airline,  Qantas, says one of its passenger
   jets  experienced  engine  failure while flying over western Indonesia
   and was forced to return to Singapore. Reports of an explosion created
   fears the plane had crashed.
   A  Qantas spokeswoman said Thursday that Flight QF32 was en route from
   Singapore  to Sydney when one of its four engines shut down. The plane
   returned to Singapore as a precaution.
   There  were  initial  fears  the  p  Airbus  380,  which can carry 500
   passengers, had crashed.
   Witnesses  on  the  Indonesian island of Batam near Singapore reported
   hearing  an  explosion as the plane passed over, and found debris that
   appeared to be from an aircraft.
   Tatang  Kurnia,  head of Indonesia's Transportation Safety Board, says
   there  are  pieces  of  debris  in  Batam  with red coloring on it and
   Singapore  confirmed  that an airplane in the area dumped fuel to make
   an emergency landing.
   No injuries have been reported.
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   The  cause  of  the  engine  failure has not been reported. The recent
   discovery of bombs packed in air cargo in Europe has put airlines high
   alert.

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