Qantas jet makes emergency landing after engine explodes

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A QANTAS plane carrying 212 passengers made an emergency landing yesterday after an engine exploded shortly after it took off from San Francisco.

The four-engine Boeing 747, which departed from San Francisco International Airport for Sydney at about 11.10pm local time on Monday (4pm Tuesday AEST), was in the air for 45 minutes and at 30,000ft when there was an explosion in the No. 4 engine.

Passengers reportedly heard a loud bang and said the plane shook. One man said there were flames coming out of the engine. Photos showed a gaping hole in the engine on the right side of the aircraft. The pilot dumped fuel over the Pacific Ocean and returned to San Francisco at approximately 12.45am local time, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

There was no fire, according to Qantas spokesman Simon Rushton, KTVU reports, but he said a surge in the engine may have caused what appeared to be flames. None of the plane’s passengers were injured, and authorities were investigating the explosion.

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