Police are continuing to investigate a mid-air bomb scare which forced an international flight to make an emergency landing in Melbourne on Wednesday.

An Air Mauritius flight has landed at Melbourne airport after being involved in a mid-air emergency.

A flight from Charlotte to New York had to make an emergency landing in Raleigh because of an engine problem Thursday night. US Airways flight 3736 took off from Charlotte Douglas International Airport just after 9 p.m. The right engine had problems shortly after takeoff. “The pilot came on and said he had to make an emergency landing due to a mechanical issue and that we had to circle the ...