Newcastle Airport was ready for anything when an engine failed on a routine flight

By Joanne McCarthy
Updated April 28 2017 - 2:21pm, first published 1:42pm
Newcastle Airport was a welcome sight for passengers after an engine failed during a flight

A PELICAN Airlines plane that had been in storage for nearly a decade was forced to turn around minutes out of Newcastle Airport after an engine failed only days after it returned to service.

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