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Qantas Plane Diverted After Witnesses Say Flames Burst from Engine: ‘I’ve Never Seen Anything Like It’

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A witness on the ground said he saw “six or seven flame bursts” emanate from the plane’s engine and heard “loud bangs” during the incident ...

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