Just recently, a Qantas plane, which was carrying 212 passengers, had to make an emergency landing after one of the engines exploded shortly after it took off from San Francisco. This is the same jet that previously had been investigated for a faulty engine, according to some reports.

This plane, which was a four engine Boeing 747, departed from San Francisco International Airport for Sydney at 11:10pm local time. The plane was only in the air for about 45 minutes when its No. 4 engine exploded. Pictures of the engine clearly show a hole blown in the side of the engine where the explosion took place.

In similar circumstances to this flight, this same aircraft made an emergency landing with just three of four working engines back in August of 2006. This happened after the flight crew was forced to shut down one of the engines due to a fuel leak.

This 2006 incident was resolved with the people on the plane being diverted to Darwin after the faulty engine was shut down. This incident was the seventh of its kind globally. In this week’s incident, the pilot dumped fuel over the pacific Ocean and returned to San Francisco at approximately 12:45am local time.

According to a Qantas spokesman, Simon Rushton, there was no fire as a result of the explosion. He said that a surge in the engine may have caused what appeared to be flames at the time. None of the plane’s passengers were injured and the plane was able to land without a problem. The problem with the engine is currently being looked into.