Inquiry Launched Into Why Superjumbo Engine Failed

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AN INVESTIGATION was under way last night after a London to Sydney superjumbo with 433 passengers on board made an emergency landing, after flames were seen pouring from one of its engines.

Frightened passengers spoke of debris from one of the four Rolls- Royce engines piercing the wing of the Airbus A380, the world's biggest aircraft, operated by Australian airline Qantas.

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Inquiry Launched Into Why Superjumbo Engine Failed

It is the first major safety incident involving the 555-seater double-decker plane, which made its first commercial flight in October 2007.

Passenger Lars Sandberg, a DJ from Glasgow, said he was "...

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