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No mention was made about what was taken. A BA spokesperson confirmed to Newsbeat that the claims were being investigated.

The 31-year old TV reality star Tweeted: "Very disappointed in British Airways for opening my luggage and taking some special items of mine.

"Some things are sentimental and not replaceable.

"What happened to the days when you could lock your bags! We need to get back to that. There's no sense of security and no trust!"

Kardashian was in the UK as part of a promotional tour for her new perfume, before she left to make an appearance at the Cannes Film Festival.

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TORONTO (AP) – An Air Canada jet bound for Japan made an emergency landing in Toronto Monday afternoon after an engine shut down shortly after takeoff from Pearson International Airport. No injuries were reported.

Police believe that chunks of metal that fell on cars near Pearson International Airport came from the Air Canada Boeing 777 jetliner. Investigators know of four vehicles that were hit by pieces of metal about the size of a cellphone, said Peel regional police Constable George Tudos.

Witnesses reported seeing a plane with smoke coming from one of its engines shortly before police got calls about the falling debris, Tudos said.

“As it (the plane) was traveling away from Pearson we had other complaints stating that debris, consisting of metal objects, was falling from the sky,” he said.

Tudos said there were no injuries from the falling debris and stressed that police can’t positively say the debris came from the Air Canada plane.

Air Canada spokesman Peter Fitzpatrick said the plane’s crew requested an emergency landing shortly after takeoff when one of its two engines failed. The plane returned to Pearson and landed normally using one engine. Fitzpatrick said the cause of the engine shutdown was not immediately known.

Fitzpatrick said there were no injuries among the 318 passengers and 16 crew members aboard Flight AC001 bound for Tokyo’s Narita airport.

A businessman who was on board the plane tweeted that passengers were told it was an engine overheating.

“Seems my plane fell apart! Luckily we managed to land it,” Jason Flick tweeted, adding that the plane spent 20 minutes dropping fuel and landed heavy.

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Not what was advertised ... passengers disembark from the Air Mauritius Airbus yesterday

The misinterpretation of foreign lettering on a soft drink can sparked the emergency landing of an Air Mauritius airliner with nearly 200 people on board at Melbourne Airport yesterday, police have revealed today. Airline staff discovered the can of drink at the rear of the plane about an hour into flight MK943’s journey to Mauritius yesterday afternoon.

Police yesterday said the word ‘‘bomb’’ was written on a piece of paper taped with masking tape to the can, prompting the pilot to turn around over Mount Gambier and return to Melbourne. However a Victoria Police spokeswoman today said no offence had been detected ‘‘due to an initial misinterpretation of foreign lettering on the print of the can’’.

She said the word was printed on the can itself and not handwritten, as originally reported by police yesterday.

The spokeswoman could not say what language the word was written in, or what the brand of the drink was. However police have confirmed no explosives were found in the can or on the plane, and no threat was intended.

‘‘No one has been arrested in relation to the incident,’’ the spokeswoman said. ‘‘Police believe the captain of the aircraft acted appropriately with the safety of those on board as a priority.’’

Fairfax has contacted Air Mauritius had been contacted for comment.

The plane was carrying 181 passengers and 13 crew when it landed safely at 2.55pm yesterday and taxied to a remote part of the airfield. Yesterday afternoon, Victoria Police Superintendent Peter O’Neill said the threat “was enough to cause the captain to take the action to abort the flight”.

The plane was met by a full response from airport firefighters, with 13 appliance trucks at the end of the runway. Passengers were seen leaving the aircraft about half an hour after it landed and were taken to a secure part of the international terminal where police questioned them.

“We couldn’t discount anybody on the plane until we were satisfied that they weren’t involved,” Superintendent O’Neill said.

Air Mauritius vice-president and spokesman Donald Payen, speaking from Mauritius last night, said he was awaiting a decision from authorities on the “serviceability” of the aircraft.

“Following the discovery of a suspicious item on board, the captain elected to return to Tullamarine and landed safely,” Mr Payen said.

“The Australian authorities have now taken over the aircraft and passengers disembarked safely and have been transferred to the terminal building.

“We don’t have any further indication on when the authorities will release the aircraft.”

Police said no threats had been received in relation to the object. Fouad Elias, of Doncaster, said the pilot had told passengers something “weird” had been found in the plane and he was returning to Melbourne.

His wife, Rita, said police questioned all passengers. “They asked if we knew what happened and they asked us did we see anybody [acting suspiciously].”

One person said passengers had been stuck on the plane for an extra 45 minutes after it was parked away from the main terminal because mobile stairs sent to the site were the wrong height.

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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Authorities say an American Airlines flight returned safely to Palm Springs International Airport shortly after takeoff, after reports of smoke or the smell of smoke in the cockpit.

Airport Executive Director Thomas Nolan tells the Desert Sun that Flight 1848 took off at about 11:40 a.m. Monday headed for Dallas and returned about eight minutes later. He says all 136 passengers on board were “safe and sound.”

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says the aircraft is a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 twin jet. He says FAA inspectors are working with the airline to determine what the problem was. It’s not known if the plane was cleared to return to service.

The airline’s website shows that Flight 1848 finally departed at 5:11 p.m., nearly six hours behind schedule.

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