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Old 2nd Sep 2010, 03:29
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Love it! From the SMH:
Kirk Willcox, from Randwick, was seated in a row near the aircraft's wing when he "suddenly heard a loud pop and a swish" as the jumbo's fourth engine caught fire.

"We knew we had not hit turbulence and then we made a bit of a skid to the left and got the wobbles and then dropped in altitude," he said.


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The ironic thing is that it was probably one of the most gentlest and softest landings I have ever experienced and that was on three engines," Mr Roberts said.
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