Jet Trailing Flames Turns Back to South Africa
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<i> Reuters</i>
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — A South African Airways Boeing 747 bound for West Germany turned back to Johannesburg with an engine trailing flames, the airline said Wednesday.
An engine duct ruptured just after the plane, carrying 80 passengers, took off for Frankfurt late Tuesday. No one was hurt.
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