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| Malaysia Airlines flight made emergency landing at Melbourne airport after reported engine fire | Malaysia Airlines flight made emergency landing at Melbourne airport after reported engine fire |
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| A Malaysia Airlines passenger jet has made an emergency landing at Melbourne airport after a reported engine fire. | A Malaysia Airlines passenger jet has made an emergency landing at Melbourne airport after a reported engine fire. |
| The grounded Malaysia Airlines flight seen from the runway by local news reporters (credit: Yasmin Paton/ Twitter) Flight 148, which had been travelling between Melbourne and Kuala Lumpur landed without incident or injury, an airport spokeswoman said. | |
| An app tracking the path of Malaysia Airlines flight MA148 shows it returning to Melbourne Airport (credit: Twitter) Anna Gillett, the airport’s spokeswoman, said: “The pilot called an emergency landing and as standard procedure when a pilot calls any sort of emergency landing, emergency personnel are currently on site.” | An app tracking the path of Malaysia Airlines flight MA148 shows it returning to Melbourne Airport (credit: Twitter) Anna Gillett, the airport’s spokeswoman, said: “The pilot called an emergency landing and as standard procedure when a pilot calls any sort of emergency landing, emergency personnel are currently on site.” |
| [MH148] Preliminary inspection on the aircraft reveals no physical evidence of fire externally. Safety is our utmost priority. | [MH148] Preliminary inspection on the aircraft reveals no physical evidence of fire externally. Safety is our utmost priority. |
| Ms Gillett confirmed that the jet had dumped fuel and said that this was standard procedure before an emergency landing. | Ms Gillett confirmed that the jet had dumped fuel and said that this was standard procedure before an emergency landing. |
| Malaysia airlines lost two aeroplanes in separate disasters last year. | Malaysia airlines lost two aeroplanes in separate disasters last year. |
| Addtional Reporting: Reuters | Addtional Reporting: Reuters |