i thought quantas may not have a flight from sfo to sydney? what are they gonna do? >> reporter: well, some of the passengers were told it may take them a few days to get back to sydney. some passengers may have to do is catch a flight down to l.a. and from there they can make it back to sydney. >> all right. ktvu's tara mori tara moriarty. thank you. >>> we're getting new details about two men arrested in the netherlands when their flight landed from chicago. there are concerns that he may have been making a dry run for a terrorist attack. suspicious items were found in their luggage, including a cell phone taped to a bottle of pepto bismol, watches attached to shampoo bottles, $7,000 in cash. the investigators discovered the luggage with the suspicious item that they went to dulles airport near washington, d.c. while the men went to amsterdam. that's not supposed to happen. >> rule number one, passengers and travelers go together. >> now, authorities are concerned those men were checking on the effectiveness of u.s. airport security. >>> 7:0. some sufferers are ign

quantas flight 74 bound for sydney, australia sat at the gate for most of the morning until crews moved it to a maintenance ramp. >> we were about a half hour in the flight and there was a very strong sound. >> reporter: he was one of 231 people on board. >> apparently there was some flames coming out of the right side of the plane. >> the plane started to shake a little bit. and -- yeah, an uncomfortable vibration. i felt something was wrong. >> reporter: the problem, one of the plane's four engines exploded. these pictures taken after an emergency landing at 12:45 this morning show a large gash through the engine. >> it could be anything from blades crack, wear and tear. they will look at maintenance records to see if the aircraft was maintained properly. until we can see what caused the engine failure, there is just a lot of speculation. >> reporter: although a 747 can fly with just three engines, if another engine were to malfunction during the journey to australia, that could spell to disaster. >> he made the right decision, the pilot, that's what his training taught him. >> report

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and i like mark's reference to getting the elk's clubs and the quanta's clubs and the rotary clubs, all of those people have a vested interest in the outcome in terms of decreased crimes, in terms of increase employment, in terms of a safer, healthier community. can't we also remind people that even though we want people to speak out, for some people it's very much still a hidden sort of thing. but you can go on the samhsa web site and you can get a list not only of all the local treatment programs, but you can get a list of the opioid treatment programs, buprenorphine programs. so help is out there. and even if you're not the addict but you love someone who is, there's a place to start. and we want to remind everyone that september is national alcohol and drug addiction recovery month. and indeed we would hope that in every community all the voices that are in recovery speak out, and all the family members who support those that are in recovery speak out in support of addiction treatment. i want to thank you for being here. it's been a great show. for a copy of this program or other pr

. >> reporter: the word came across the cabin of the quantas flight, and that word was that the engine blown up. you can see the damage. last night the plane had taken off from sfo, was about 20 minutes into its long flight to sydney when that engine went out, causing the plane to shutter. a very uncomfortable feeling to say the least according to passengers we heard from the captain and crew reassured all on board that the plane was still relatively safe to fly. it turns out the captain was right. all 231 passengers plus crew turned back. they jettisoned the fuel and landed safely at sfo. no word on what caused that engine to blow up. the other question this morning is when will those passengers get on their way back to sydney. the hope is to get them out on flights sometime today, though they might have to fly through l.a.x. bob redell, nbc bay area news. >>> we have developing news just in our newsroom now on the ongoing fight between the san jose fire department and the city of san jose. we got this notice from the firefighters union. they say they have an aud xwio e that alleged i

a quantas had to make an emergency landing after one of its engines caught fire over the pacific. 200ere order board. no one was hurt. the passengers were booked into nearby hotels and will be leaving on a flight sometime later today. dutch police are questioning two men after u.s. authorities found suspicious items in their checked luggage in chicago. the white house says the pair are not on any terror watch list. authorities found a cellphone taped to a pet tow -- pepto miss mol battle. >> attacks in hayward, a window broken the past two since. police are investigating the incidents as vandalism. there's no evidence so far of a hate crime. the latest coming up at 6:00. >> storm watchers are keeping a close watch on hurricane earl. it's a category 4 as it swipes past puerto rico. it's to brush the east coast late thursday. emily schmidt reports. >> looks to be a labor day weekend traveller, a category 4 storm hitting the caribbean now on a path that could go straight towards the u.s. >> people really need to pay attention what's going on over the next couple days. >> early sustained

their quantas airlines flight had to turn around because of a huge gash in one of the engines.d on what caused that damage. but no one was hurt. >>> finally, it is believed to be the largest cut emerald ever found in north america. are you ready? 65 carats. the stone was pulled from a farm in north carolina. it's being compared to catherine the great's crown jewels. if you need something else to think about, it could fetch more than $1 million. wow. >>> here, now, is a look at what's coming up tonight on "world news" with diane sawyer. hi, diane. >> great to talk to you this tuesday morning, ashleigh. and tonight on "world news," women and cancer. now information that could help women make one of the toughest decisions of their lives. and that decision could end up saving a life. we'll tell you all about it tonight on "world news." see you then. hello to everyone at "gma." >> thanks, diane. hi, back to you. >>> want to get you back to sam. it is 8:05. he is live in the national hurricane center with more on earl. this is just incredible, sam. so much news coming out of there. >