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Malaysia Airlines jet makes emergency landing in Australia

A Malaysia Airlines passenger flight made an emergency landing in Melbourne on Friday after its aircraft systems signalled an engine fire, Australian authorities said, with the carrier grounding the jet for inspections.

Flight MH148, which had 300 passengers and crew on board, departed Melbourne Airport at 2:16 pm (0416 GMT) for the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur but had to perform an emergency landing, the airport's spokeswoman told AFP.

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