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Fire forces Australia jet to land Fire forces Australia jet to land
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An Australian passenger plane with 203 people on board has been forced into an emergency landing after a fire broke out in the cockpit. An Australian passenger plane with 203 people on board has been forced to make an emergency landing after a fire broke out in the cockpit.
The Airbus A330, operated by Jetstar, was flying from Japan to Australia when a window in the cockpit caught fire. The Airbus A330, operated by Jetstar, was flying from Japan to Australia when the fire started beside a window.
The pilots managed to put out the fire before landing in Guam. Jetstar said all of those on board were unharmed. The pilots managed to extinguish it before landing in Guam. Jetstar said all of those on board were unharmed.
A similar model of the Airbus, operated by Air France, crashed on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris last week. Last week, an Air France Airbus crashed on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, killing all 228 people on board.
All 228 passengers died in that incident. Also on Thursday, a Russian Airbus A320 was forced to make an emergency landing after its windshield cracked.
The Aeroflot plane was flying between Irkutsk and Moscow when it had to divert to the western Siberian city of Novosibirsk.
None of the 116 passengers and six crew were injured, a security official was quoted by Russian news agency Ria-Novosti as saying.
Smoke
The Jetstar plane was four hours into its flight to the Gold Coast in Queensland when the fire broke out.The Jetstar plane was four hours into its flight to the Gold Coast in Queensland when the fire broke out.
"Smoke became evident in the cockpit and one of our pilots was required to use an extinguisher," Jetstar spokesman Simon Westaway told Australia's ABC News."Smoke became evident in the cockpit and one of our pilots was required to use an extinguisher," Jetstar spokesman Simon Westaway told Australia's ABC News.
"We conducted an emergency diversion to Guam international airport where the aircraft landed without incident.""We conducted an emergency diversion to Guam international airport where the aircraft landed without incident."
He said the plane, which is two years old, would be held in Guam until the cause of the fire was established. He said the plane, which is two years old, would be held in Guam, in the Western Pacific, until the cause of the fire was established.
Most of the passengers were reported to be Japanese nationals.Most of the passengers were reported to be Japanese nationals.
Jetstar is part-owned by Australia's national carrier, Qantas.Jetstar is part-owned by Australia's national carrier, Qantas.