Melbourne: A London-bound Qantas plane carrying 308 passengers was on Friday forced to return to Bangkok after take-off due to an engine shut down, the latest incident related to a Rolls-Royce engine. The Boeing 747 flight returned to Bangkok on Friday morning after pilots shut down one of four engines on the aircraft due to "an increase in vibration and high temperatures", Australian news agency APP quoted a Qantas spokesman...
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