A Rex Airlines flight bound for Broken Hill was forced to return to the Adelaide Airport terminal this morning after an ‘incident’ where one worried passenger told how he saw smoke after unburnt fuel ignited in the engine’s exhaust pipe.

Adelaide Airport confirmed the incident involving a Saab 340 plane – a Swedish twin-engine aircraft – with a capacity for 34 passengers closed the runway for around 20 minutes.

In a statement, Rex Airlines said flight ZL4818 operating from Adelaide to Broken Hill experienced a cockpit indication associated with the aircraft’s left engine during take-off.

“The crew followed standard operating procedures, rejecting the take-off and safely vacating the runway,” the statement said, it was believed there were three crew members aboard.

“In accordance with s

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