Qantas denies engine fire forced return

ABC News, 19 Dec 2009
Qantas has confirmed one of its planes was forced to turn back on a flight from Singapore to Melbourne last night, but denies reports of an engine fire.
The airline says Flight QF 10 experienced "an extremely rare" situation where there was a surge in an engine at 31,000 feet.
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