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Incident: China Eastern A332 at Sydney on Jun 11th 2017, engine shut down in flight

A China Eastern Airbus A330-200, registration B-6099 performing flight MU-736 from Sydney,NS (Australia) to Shanghai Pudong (China), was in the initial climb out of Sydney's runway 34L when the crew reported an left hand engine (Trent 772) fault and requested to maintain runway heading. The aircraft levelled off at 5000 feet, the crew shut the engine down. The crew subsequently reported it appeared the left hand engine's cowling was damaged and requested a runway inspection, the engine suffered the damage about one second after takeoff rotation. ATC informed the crew that a runway inspection did not find any debris on the runway. The aircraft returned to Sydney for a safe landing on runway 34L about 40 minutes after departure. A large hole was visible at the inboard side of the left hand engine's intake. A seemingly similiar incident also involving a Trent 772 engine happened about 4 weeks ago, see Incident: Egypt A332 at Cairo on May 15th 2017, rejected takeoff due to engine failure.

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'We heard a loud explosion and a huge hole appeared in the engine': Flight terror as plane flying from Sydney to Shanghai is turned back for an emergency landing just seconds after take-off drama

• A China Eastern flight from Sydney to Shanghai has been forced to turn around
• Flight MU736 was about 70km south of Sydney when passengers heard a bang
• The flight crew then noticed a gaping hole in the plane's left engine
• The explosion was so loud west Sydney residents said they heard it at home
• The plane was forced to circle for an hour to burn fuel before it safely landed

A China Eastern flight from Sydney to Shanghai has been forced to turn around after its flight crew noticed a hole in the plane's engine just moments after taking off.

Images show a gaping hole across the engine casing of the Airbus A330, which departed at 8.30pm on Sunday.

Flight MU736 reached Bulli, about 70km south of Sydney, before it made the emergency call to Sydney Airport.

Passengers told 9News the flight have said they heard a loud bang or explosion after take off.

'The moment that we took off the wing to my left just started making a massive amount of noise and they cleared all the seats,' one passenger said.

A China Eastern flight from Sydney to Shanghai has been forced to turn around after its flight crew noticed a hole in the plane's engine just moments after taking off

Images show a large hole in the engine casing of the Airbus A330, which departed at 8.30pm on Sunday +9

Others said they felt the plane shaking.

'I didn't realise, I guess no-one behind the wing realised how big the engine issue was,' passenger Madeleine Frith said.

'It looks like a pretty big dent in the engine. Just the fact that we were close to it being worse. I didn't see any fire. There are stories of it being much worse than it was.'

Another relieved passenger told 7News she feared for her life.

'We went up in the air and all of a sudden we heard this noise... it kind of smelt like burning,' a relieved passenger said from Sydney Airport.

'Oh, I was scared. Yeah, I was really scared. Our group was terrified.'

The explosion was reportedly so loud residents in Sydney's west heard it from their homes.

The plane was forced to circle for about an hour to burn fuel before it safely landed.

NSW Emergency fire crews rushed to the scene.

The cause of the damage is unknown but the incident is being investigated.

No passengers were harmed.

Airbus A330s can hold around 297 passengers.