MACAIR emergency landing

What: MacAir flight en route from Townsville to Mount Isa
Where: 42-seat plane en route from Cloncurry airport, Queensland
When: Jan 23 emergency call about 5.15pm
Who: 21 passengers
Why: News reports say that the pilot shut down the engine after a false mechanical warning. Passengers were taken the rest of the way to the airport (8 kilometers) by bus.

Note: alternating reports on this same incident say the plane was (was not) hit by lightning and the plane had 40 (21) passengers.