An alert has been sounded at the at Mangalore airport after IED components were found outside a terminal. Authorities at the airport were alerted after a suspicious bag was found in a isolated area.

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Drama struck when one of the three wheels on the 21-year-old student pilot's single-engine Piper Warrior fell off soon after take-off at Mangalore Airport, 130km north of Melbourne CBD.