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Old 20th Mar 2009, 23:15
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From the ABC's web site.

Vic plane emergency landing 'terrifying'

Posted 53 minutes ago

Passengers on board a flight which made an emergency landing at Melbourne airport last night say they were terrified.

The Emirates flight made the emergency landing after reports of smoke inside the cabin.

The tail of the jet scraped the tarmac when it took off and had to return to the airport when the crew noticed the smoke.

No-one was injured.

One of the 225 passengers on board, Catherine Edmunds, says she was terrified.

"We did land successfully, thankfully, and the plane was surrounded by paramedics and fire engines," she said.

"It was terrifying, it really was scary. I'd hate to go through it again. I'm not looking forward to getting on a plane tomorrow."

Another passenger, Andrea Law, says the plane had to dump fuel before landing.

"We were floating round there for about 45 minutes dumping fuel and it was very quiet on board, a bit scary," he said.

"I try not to worry because if you start worrying then it just gets really bad.

"I know there was one person that was quite sick on the plane because they were frightened, so not nice."

Air safety officials are investigating.
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