PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Airlines flight MH386 bound for Shanghai from Kuala Lumpur was forced to return to KLIA last night after experiencing a cabin pressure problem.
Astro Awani reported that the aircraft experienced the problem shortly after departing from KLIA Terminal 1 at 9.14pm.
Flight data from FlightRadar showed that the Airbus A330-300 declared a general emergency soon after takeoff.
It then descended to 10,000ft, suggesting a possible cabin pressure problem. After 70 minutes in the air, the plane landed safely at KLIA.
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Australia’s SBS News reported that the plane departed from Melbourne at 11.20pm on Aug 19 but had to be diverted to Alice Springs Airport early yesterday morning.
Malaysia Airlines said the Airbus A330-323 had suffered a "technical issue" but landed safely at Alice Springs at 4.35am local time.
Three other Malaysia Airlines flights have also made emergency landings before this, including one which had 259 pilgrims bound for Jeddah.
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