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Coverage dated November 7, 2024

Qantas plane returns to Australia airport due to 'engine failure', sparks fire

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A Qantas plane made an emergency landing Friday due to a "contained engine failure" soon after taking off from Sydney Airport, sparking a grassfire on a

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  1. Digital Journal

    Qantas plane returns to Australia airport due to 'engine failure', sparks fire (opens Digital Journal)

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    A Qantas plane made an emergency landing Friday due to a "contained engine failure" soon after taking off from Sydney Airport, sparking a grassfire on a

  2. CBS News

    Qantas plane returns to Australia airport, makes emergency landing due to engine failure (opens CBS News)

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    A Qantas plane made an emergency landing after returning to Sydney Airport in Australia shortly after taking off after an engine failed, the airline said.

  3. UPI

    Qantas flight lands safely at Sydney after suffering engine failure during takeoff (opens UPI)

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    A Qantas airlines flight made an emergency landing at Sydney Airport on Friday afternoon after suffering engine failure shortly after takeoff, the company said.

  4. NBC News

    Passengers 'jolted' after Qantas plane suffers engine failure (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    An engine failure forced pilots on a Quantas flight to make an emergency landing shortly after it took from an airport in Sydney, Australia.

  5. Insider

    A Qantas flight made an emergency landing in Sydney due to a suspected engine failure on a Boeing 737 (opens Insider)

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    Qantas said in a statement on Friday that there had been a "contained engine failure" on the Boeing 737-800 aircraft.

  6. CNN

    Qantas flight makes emergency landing after engine failure (opens CNN)

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    A Qantas Airways plane bound for Brisbane suffered an engine failure after takeoff on Friday and circled for a short period of time before returning safely to Sydney Airport, the Australian airline said.

  7. The Guardian

    Qantas flight makes emergency landing at Sydney airport after engine failure, sparking grass fire near runway (opens The Guardian)

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    A passenger onboard QF520 to Brisbane says it was ‘a real struggle to get airborne and it was clear to everyone … that something was badly wrong’

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