Australia Plane Forced to Land in Guam over Fire

The Jetstar plane was four hours into its flight to the Gold Coast in Queensland when the fire broke out. File photo

An Australian passenger plane with 203 people on board has been forced into an emergency landing after a fire broke out in the cockpit.

The Airbus A330, operated by Jetstar, was flying from Japan to Australia when a window in the cockpit caught fire, the BBC reported.

The Jetstar plane was four hours into its flight to the Gold Coast in Queensland when the fire broke out.

"Smoke became evident in the cockpit and one of our pilots was required to use an extinguisher", Jetstar spokesman, Simon Westaway, said.

The pilots managed to put out the fire before landing in Guam. Jetstar said all of those on board were unharmed.

Most of the passengers were reported to be Japanese nationals.

A similar model of the Airbus, operated by Air France, crashed on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris last week.

All 228 passengers died in that incident.

 

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