Monday, April 21, 2014

Malaysia Airlines MH197

 A Malaysia Airlines flight 197 has made an air turn back after take off and made an emergency landing in Kuala Lumpur International Airport. It was due to the landing gear exploded during take off. The aircraft operated in this flight was a B737-800. The flight bound for Bangalore and was carrying 159 passengers and 7 crews. All people on board are safe and no injuries were reported.

A Malaysia Airlines flight made an emergency landing in KLIA. All people on board are safe.

Malaysia Airlines state in a statement: "Malaysia Airlines Flight 192 that departed Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) at 10.09 pm bound for Bangalore earlier had turned back and landed safely in KLIA 1.56 am, today."

Tyre debris was found on the runway and the control tower alerted the pilot. The flight had few hours circulating above the Straits of Malacca to reduce the fuel in the tank. A spokesman of the Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia said that the aircraft is only allowed to land only when it is nearly out of fuel.

Malaysia Airlines tweeted: "Malaysia Airlines flight MH192 that made an air turn back towards KLIA has landed safely at 1.56am. Alhamdulillah."




Path of flight 192
All passengers were relieved after the landing and they express their gratitude to Captain Adam, the flight captain and all the crews for handling a situation in a professional way. The passengers were placed in a hotel temporarily to wait for the next flight to Bangalore.

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