According to a report in UK’s Mirror, the A380 had been flying for one and a half hours and at approximately 21,000 feet when it encountered engine trouble, including a “strange smell” coming from the direction of its engine, forcing an immediate U-turn.
According to the news portal, earlier reports said the plane was ‘dumping fuel’ off the coast of Malaysia and one passenger tweeted that everyone on board was “calm” and there was no sense of panic either.
Meanwhile Malaysia Airlines Berhad took pains to reply to Twitter users who enquired if there was any truth to the incident by replying: “Hi, kindly note the flight was diverted due to technical issues involving the engine.
“We apologise for the inconvenience caused!”
To a request for any updates by Twitter user Mamuputra, the airlines replied: “Hi, kindly note that the flight has been retimed to 2:30pm as MH2D. We apologize for the inconvenience caused!”