AU - Jet Turns Back with Suspected Engine Failure

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Qantas jet turns back with suspected engine failure Source: Associated Press Publication date: 2000-05-21

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- A Qantas Boeing 747 carrying more than 400 people to Singapore turned back to Sydney because of suspected engine failure, the Australian carrier said Sunday.

Qantas flight 29 from to Singapore via the Indonesian island of Bali was aborted 30 minutes out of Sydney on Saturday, a spokeswoman said on customary condition of anonymity.

"The pilot suspected there were problems in one of the four engines so, as a precaution, he made the decision to return to Sydney to have it checked out," the spokeswoman said.

The flight, with 417 passengers on board, eventually took off seven hours later with no further incident.

The delay follows a spate of mechanical and other problems which have dogged Qantas since one of its Boeing 747s overshot the runway at Bangkok airport in September.

The Associated Press News Service http://realcities.yellowbrix.com/pages/realcities/Story.nsp?story_id=10723041&site=charlotte&ID=realcities&scategory=Internet

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