Airbus forced into emergency landing in Singapore

• Cathay Pacific plane suffers engine trouble on flight to Jakarta
• Firefighters douse jet, with no reporters of injuries

Associated Press
guardian.co.uk, Monday 16 May 2011 07.46 BST
Changi airport firefighters douse the engine of Cathay Pacific flight CX715, which made an emergency landing in Singapore after engine trouble. Photograph: Beawiharta/Reuters


The engine on a Cathay Pacific Airbus A330-300 has caught fire in mid-air, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in Singapore. No one was injured in the incident.

Flight CX715 took off from Singapore heading to the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, at 1:12am on Monday, but soon turned around after engine trouble and landed at 1:57am, Singapore's Changi Airport said in a statement.

Firefighters extinguished the fire and normal flight operations resumed on the runway about an hour later, the airport said.

It was the second time in six months an Airbus had to make an emergency landing in Singapore because of engine problems. A Qantas A380 turned around shortly after takeoff on 4 November when one of its Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines disintegrated.

The airport would not say how many passengers were on board the flight or what kind of engines the plane used. A spokesman for Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific was not available for comment.
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