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2008/06/20

Qantas Emergency Landing




What: Qantas plane bound for Cairns; QantasLink Dash-8 aircraft operating as QF2495, 72-seat turbo-prop
Where: diverted to Weipa, on Cape York
When: 12.10pm (AEST
Who: 60 passengers.
Why:Precautionary in-flight shutdown of the aircraft's number two engine (right-side engine), in response to a cockpit warning. The engine stopped about 10 minutes after take-off. Front landing gear may have been damaged on landing. The passengers disembarked, leaving the plane stuck halfway down the runway.
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