Penerbangan Malaysia Airlines MH198 yang sedang dalam perjalanan dari Kuala Lumpur ke Hyderabad, India, terpaksa berpatah balik selepas berlepas malam tadi kerana masalah teknikal.
Dalam satu kenyataan, syarikat penerbangan nasional itu berkata pusingan tersebut dilakukan sebagai langkah keselamatan.
"Isu teknikal tersebut tidak memberi sebarang impak kepada keselamatan pesawat ataupun penumpang," kata MAS.
Pesawat itu berlepas daripada Kuala Lumpur pada 10.20 malam dan berpatah balik ke Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur (KLIA) dan mendarat pada 2.01 pagi tanpa sebarang insiden.
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) juga menafikan khabar angin bahawa kebakaran menyebabkan pesawat MH198 ke Hyderabad, India semalam berpatah balik.
Dalam kenyataan hari ini, MAS berkata, ia terpaksa berpatah balik ekoran kecacatan pada sistem pandu autonya.
MAS berkata penumpang diberikan tempat penginapan di hotel berhampiran dan dijangka akan berlepas tengah hari ini.
"MH198 dijadualkan beroperasi sekali lagi sebagai MH198D dan akan berlepas dari Kuala Lumpur pada tengah hari."
"Penerbangan akan tiba di Hyderabad pada 1.35 hari ini," kata kenyataan tersebut.
MAS meminta orang ramai supaya tidak membuat spekulasi tentang punca patah balik MH198 supaya mengelak rasa tidak selesa penumpang.
Penerbangan nasional itu belum lagi mendedahkan masalah teknikal yang menyebabkan MH198 berpatah balik ke Kuala Lumpur.
Ia merupakan tahun yang amat buruk bagi penerbangan tersebut, dengan kehilangan MH17 dan MH370 sebelum ini.
MH370 berlepas dari Kuala Lumpur pada 8 Mac menuju ke Beijing apabila ia hilang.
Tiada berita tentang 12 anak kapal dan 227 penumpangnya sejak pesawat itu hilang daripada radar.
Pada 17 Julai, 15 anak kapal dan 283 penumpang terkorban apabila MH17 ditembak oleh peluru berpandu darat.
MH17 berlepas dari Amsterdam menuju ke Kuala Lumpur dan terhempas di timur Ukraine. – tmi
MAS flight to India turns back over defect...
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has denied rumours of a fire that allegedly caused flight MH198 last night to Hyderabad, India to turn back.
In a statement this morning, MAS said the turnback was "due to an auto-pilot defect".
"Claims circulating in social media that the aircraft was on fire was untrue," said MAS.
"The
defect did not have any impact on the safety of the aircraft or
passengers, however as a precautionary measure, the operating captain
decided to turn back."The flight departed Kuala Lumpur to Hyderabad at 10:20 pm and was rerouted back to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) where it landed at 2:01 without incident.
According to New Straits Times this morning, the plane circled for around three hours around the Sungkai and Trolak area in Perak reportedly to burn off fuel before landing in KLIA.
"Upon arrival, passengers and crew disembarked safely and was given accommodation at nearby hotels," said MAS.
"MH198 has been rescheduled to operate as MH198D to depart Kuala Lumpur at 12 noon on 14 September and expected to arrive Hyderabad at 01.35pm the same day," it added.
The national carrier called on the public to refrain from "making speculations to avoid discomfort among air travellers".
MAS has been dogged by numerous problems thus year, in particular losing two aircraft, MH370 and MH17, in a span of five months.
Three weeks ago, another MAS aircraft was forced to turn back after 50 minutes into its flight to Tokyo.
Its trail of misfortune has led to deteriorating financial performance resulting in what some critics called a government bailout in a takeover by Khazanah Nasional.
However Prime Minister Najib Razak denied the bailout, saying the takeover of the billion-ringgit losing company was an "investment". - mk
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