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| Malaysia Airlines flight MH148 makes emergency landing at Melbourne airport | |
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| A Malaysia airlines Airbus A330 made an emergency landing at Melbourne’s Tullamarine airport on Friday after the failure of its starboard engine shortly after take-off. | |
| An Airservices Australia spokesman said the plane had experienced engine failure. | |
| “Something occurred when the engine went full-throttle, and as is standard in such situations the pilot has taken the plane out over the bay to dump fuel, and it will land shortly,” he said. | |
| All arrivals to the airport were stopped to make way for the plane with other flights delayed or diverted. | |
| At 3.20pm, Melbourne airport used social media to confirm that the MH148 flight landed safely. | |
| “All operations at Melbourne airport continue as normal,” a message on their Twitter account said. | |
| Comment is being sought from Malaysia airlines. |