Malindo Air flight suffers technical glitch, lands safely in Langkawi
The ATR 72-600 aircraft was carrying 61 passengers and five crew.
LANGKAWI: A Malindo Air aircraft, which departed from the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang experienced a technical problem when landing at Langkawi International Airport (LIA) here this morning.
The ATR 72-600 aircraft carrying 61 passengers and five crew landed safely at 9.45am.
A passenger, preferring to remain anonymous, said he had realised the aircraft’s fan blades were not functioning for almost 10 minutes before the plane landed.
“No announcement was made by the pilot about the technical problem. Perhaps, they did not want the passengers to panic. But, Alhamdulillah, the aircraft landed safely,” he said when contacted by Bernama.
Langkawi International Airport manager Jefry Ramli said the air traffic control tower was notified of the incident at 9.40am and three Airport Fire and Rescue Service (AFRS) teams were on standby mode to face any eventualities.
“Flight OD1411 landed safely and was accompanied by the three AFRS teams to the aircraft parking bay.
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“All the passengers are safe and no casualties were reported,” he said in a statement here today.