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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Engine fire forces jet to make emergency landing in western Australia; no one hurt

SYDNEY - A plane carrying 97 people made an emergency landing in western Australia on Tuesday after one of its engines caught fire. Cobham Aviation Services said one of the plane's four engines caught fire as it was climbing shortly after takeoff from Perth Airport. Passenger Jason Grimmett said he was sitting near the engine that caught fire. "Fuel starting spewing out, caught alight — there was a bit of panic on board but the pilots were quite quick to react and cut fuel lines and then put it out," he told Australian Broadcasting Corp. "So we just turned around and came back in." Read More http://ift.tt/1hLPjeg

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