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Flight to Incheon turned back due to technical issue, says MAS
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9/2/2024
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) on Monday (Sept 2) confirmed that its Flight MH66 from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) to Incheon International Airport in South Korea turned back early Monday due to a technical issue with the hydraulic system.
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Malaysia Airlines said its flight MH66 from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Incheon
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International Airport turned back early Monday morning due to a technical issue with the
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hydraulic system.
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The national carrier said the aircraft made a precautionary return to Kuala Lumpur shortly
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after take-off and landed safely at the airport at 1.30am.
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They said all the passengers had been placed at a hotel and the flight had been rescheduled
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to operate as MH66D, departing at 8pm.
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Transport Minister Anthony Loke, who attended the conference on Asia Road Safety in Putrajaya,
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told reporters that the ministry is waiting for a report from the airline.
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The ministry will make a statement, I have met with them, we are waiting for a full report
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on the technical issue and I have asked the ministry to make a statement on the matter.
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The return leg, also renamed MH67D, has been rescheduled to depart at 5.10am on Tuesday.
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According to the Flightradar24 website, the Airbus A330-323 aircraft took off at 12.01am
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instead of the scheduled time of 11.30pm, but it turned back to the airport.
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This is the fifth incident involving Malaysia Airlines flights being forced to turn back
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or diverted in less than a month.
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Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia, Chief Executive Officer Datuk Captain Norazman
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Mahmud said the airline had given them a preliminary report, but detailed information will only
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be available after a full investigation.
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Malaysian Aviation Commission said the passengers affected by the cancelled flight MH66 will
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be entitled to a refund after the amendments to the Malaysian Aviation Consumer Protection
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Code 2016 come into effect on Monday.
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They said there will be a refund if the flight is rescheduled more than three hours from
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the original time.
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