Reuters
(Reuters) - Qantas told CNBC television that a plane that crashed near Singapore was an Airbus A380. No other details were immediately available.
The plane can carry more than 500 passengers. Witnesses said they had heard an explosion over the Indonesian island of Batam.
Sydney Morning Herald
Qantas jet engine fails
Matt O'Sullivan
November 4, 2010 - 2:37PM
A Qantas A380 has been forced to return to Singapore's Changi Airport after pilots were forced to shut down one of its four engines.
QF32 was bound for Sydney when the engine failed.
A Qantas spokesman said the problems were with engine number two. She did not know why the engine had to be shut down.
The incident sparked widespread rumours over the internet through Twitter, that the plane had crashed, which Qantas said were wildly inaccurate.
(Reuters) - Qantas told CNBC television that a plane that crashed near Singapore was an Airbus A380. No other details were immediately available.
The plane can carry more than 500 passengers. Witnesses said they had heard an explosion over the Indonesian island of Batam.
Sydney Morning Herald
Qantas jet engine fails
Matt O'Sullivan
November 4, 2010 - 2:37PM
A Qantas A380 has been forced to return to Singapore's Changi Airport after pilots were forced to shut down one of its four engines.
QF32 was bound for Sydney when the engine failed.
A Qantas spokesman said the problems were with engine number two. She did not know why the engine had to be shut down.
The incident sparked widespread rumours over the internet through Twitter, that the plane had crashed, which Qantas said were wildly inaccurate.
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