Sunday, April 20, 2014

MH192 Update: Aircraft lands safely at KLIA

Malaysia Airlines flight MH192 bound for Bangalore tonight had to perform an air turn-back shortly after taking off.
2:20am : Banting fire and rescue department officer Malik Hamdan said MH192 landed normal and safely, only one of the landing gears malfunctioned and no foam were sprayed on the tarmac. Passengers have disembarked from plane.
1:56am: MAS in its official twitter account stated "Malaysia Airlines flight MH192 that made an air turn back towards KLIA has landed safely at 1:56am. Alhamdulillah"
1:50am: Flight MH192 descends to 2000ft
1:40am: Malaysia Airlines releases a statement confirming that flight MH192 that departed from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) at 10.09pm bound for Bangalore has made an air turn back towards Kuala Lumpur.
The aircraft’s right-hand landing gear malfunctioned upon takeoff and is expected to make an emergency landing at KLIA at around 2.00am, today.
1:30am : A Department of Civil Aviation spokesman said the aircraft would be allowed to land only when it is nearly out of fuel.
1am : MAS, in its official Twitter account, stated: “Flight MH192 that departed from KUL at 10.09pm bound for Bangalore has made an air turn-back towards KUL. More details to follow.”
20/04/14 New Straits Times
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