[www.keralites.net] Qantas Airlines Incident

SYDNEY, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- A Qantas plane that experienced serious engine problems over Indonesia after taking off from Singapore made a safe emergency landing at Changi airport at 11:45 a.m. local time.

Qantas says there were 433 passengers and 26 crew on board and there were no injuries among the passengers even though they were scared.

"In line with procedure, the pilot sought priority clearance for its return to Singapore," Qantas said in a statement.

"Some media reports suggested the aircraft had crashed. These reports are incorrect. No Qantas aircraft has crashed."

A Qantas spokeswoman earlier said the Airbus A380, bound for Sydney, experienced engine problems shortly after take-off.

Indonesian authorities said earlier that there had been some sort of explosion over the island of Batam, just south of Singapore, at about 9:15 a.m. local time and an Australian plane crashed at Batam. Local witnesses even said the explosion was very loud and they saw flames coming from the plane.

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