A MELBOURNE-bound Qantas flight has avoided midair disaster after one of its engines caught fire nearly two hours after taking off.
Australian Transport Safety Bureau spokesman Michael Walker confirmed the Qantas flight was forced to land.
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“We have been notified of a Qantas flight that took off from Los Angeles and experienced severe engine troubles and was forced to return to Los Angeles International Airport,” he said.
A passenger, who asked to remain anonymous, told the Sunday Herald Sun the “engine blew up in flames two hours into the flight”.
“The plane was then turned back and landed safely but multiple fire trucks were lining the runway when we landed,” the passenger said.