Flight to Incheon turned back due to technical issue, says MAS

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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.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/JIfVU  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Malaysia Airlines said its flight MH66 from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Incheon

00:07International Airport turned back early Monday morning due to a technical issue with the

00:12hydraulic system.

00:13The national carrier said the aircraft made a precautionary return to Kuala Lumpur shortly

00:19after take-off and landed safely at the airport at 1.30am.

00:24They said all the passengers had been placed at a hotel and the flight had been rescheduled

00:29to operate as MH66D, departing at 8pm.

00:34Transport Minister Anthony Loke, who attended the conference on Asia Road Safety in Putrajaya,

00:40told reporters that the ministry is waiting for a report from the airline.

00:44The ministry will make a statement, I have met with them, we are waiting for a full report

00:51on the technical issue and I have asked the ministry to make a statement on the matter.

00:58The return leg, also renamed MH67D, has been rescheduled to depart at 5.10am on Tuesday.

01:06According to the Flightradar24 website, the Airbus A330-323 aircraft took off at 12.01am

01:14instead of the scheduled time of 11.30pm, but it turned back to the airport.

01:19This is the fifth incident involving Malaysia Airlines flights being forced to turn back

01:23or diverted in less than a month.

01:25Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia, Chief Executive Officer Datuk Captain Norazman

01:30Mahmud said the airline had given them a preliminary report, but detailed information will only

01:36be available after a full investigation.

01:39Malaysian Aviation Commission said the passengers affected by the cancelled flight MH66 will

01:45be entitled to a refund after the amendments to the Malaysian Aviation Consumer Protection

01:51Code 2016 come into effect on Monday.

01:55They said there will be a refund if the flight is rescheduled more than three hours from

01:59the original time.

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