--- description: Some 300 passengers were onboard flight MH 148 bound for Kuala Lumpur, which made an emergency landing at around 3:00pm local time Friday. title: Malaysian Airlines Jet Makes Emergency Landing in Melbourne image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Aviation](/tag/aviation/) ## Aviation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Malaysia Airlines Jet Makes Emergency Landing in Melbourne After Reports of Engine Fire by [Alissa Greenberg](/author/alissa-greenberg/) ## Alissa Greenberg Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 12, 2015 6:59 AM CUT by [Alissa Greenberg](/author/alissa-greenberg/) ## Alissa Greenberg Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 12, 2015 6:59 AM CUT A Malaysia Airlines plane [made an emergency landing](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-12/passenger-plane-makes-forced-landing-at-melbourne-airport/6542420 "undefined") in Melbourne on Friday afternoon after reports of an engine fire, the Australian city’s Metropolitan Fire Brigade says. The Australian Broadcasting Corp. (ABC) reported that 300 passengers were on board Flight MH 148 bound for Kuala Lumpur and that the plane first dumped its fuel, then made an emergency landing at Melbourne Airport around 3:00pm. The BBC [noted](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33105990?ns%5Fmchannel=social&ns%5Fcampaign=bbc%5Fbreaking&ns%5Fsource=twitter&ns%5Flinkname=news%5Fcentral "undefined") that route-tracking websites showed the plane circling the airport multiple times. Melbourne Airport said via Twitter the plane landed safely, although it could not confirm the reason for MH 148’s grounding. After it landed, the plane was towed to a gate and passengers were allowed to disembark. Paramedics at the scene have not yet had to treat anyone. > [](https://twitter.com/Melair/status/609228289215889408) \[[_ABC_](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-12/passenger-plane-makes-forced-landing-at-melbourne-airport/6542420 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3918679/malaysia-airlines-mas-engine-fire-melbourne-grounded/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3918679/malaysia-airlines-mas-engine-fire-melbourne-grounded/"},"headline":"Malaysia Airlines Jet Makes Emergency Landing in Melbourne After Reports of Engine Fire","datePublished":"2015-06-12T06:59:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T08:30:22.686Z","description":"Passengers have disembarked and no injuries have been reported","url":"https://time.com/3918679/malaysia-airlines-mas-engine-fire-melbourne-grounded/","keywords":["Aviation","Australia","fire","Malaysia","Airplane","Malaysia Airlines","Melbourne"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alissa Greenberg","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alissa-greenberg/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/aviation/","name":"Aviation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3918679/malaysia-airlines-mas-engine-fire-melbourne-grounded/","name":"Malaysia Airlines Jet Makes Emergency Landing in Melbourne After Reports of Engine Fire"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch: TIME's Simon Shuster And Getty's Brendan Hoffman on The MH17 Aftermath","description":"The author of this week's TIME cover story and an acclaimed Getty photographer paint a rarely seen image – through words and photographs – of the aftermath of the Malaysia Airlines crash in Ukraine","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/TUxxp7Jz/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-07-24T02:21:56.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/TUxxp7Jz.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3918679/malaysia-airlines-mas-engine-fire-melbourne-grounded/","duration":"PT5M27S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3918679/malaysia-airlines-mas-engine-fire-melbourne-grounded/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```