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Qantas plane lands in Singapore after mid-air emergency

Local TV channels showed small amount of debris with red-white markings, but the airline hasn't confirmed if any debris fell.

  • A Qantas A380 superjumbo made a dramatic emergency landing in Singapore on Thursday after experiencing engine trouble over Indonesia, in the first mid-air emergency involving the giant Airbus plane.
  • The double-decker plane, which had taken off from Singapore and was bound for Sydney carrying 433 passengers, dumped fuel over Indonesia before returning to the city-state's Changi Airport trailing smoke.
  • Six fire engines swarmed the A380 on landing, spraying liquid on it, according to an AFP reporter.
  • One of the engines on the left wing looked to be missing, and the area around it was black, the reporter said.
  • Plane debris, including what appeared to be part of the tail of a Qantas jet, was found in the Indonesian town of Batam, after a mid-air explosion was heard on the ground.

    "I didn't see a plane crash but I heard a loud explosion in the air. There were metal shards coming down from the sky into an industrial area in Batam," witness Noor Kanwa told AFP.
  • A spokesman for Australia's Qantas Airways said the plane was carrying 433 passengers and 26 crewmembers and there were no immediate reports of injuries.

    Qantas has never suffered a fatal crash in its 90-year history.
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