AirAsia confirms HK flight suffered ‘abnormal’ cabin pressure

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Oxygen masks were automatically deployed and the aircraft landed safely, with the carrier saying safety wasn’t compromised at any point.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/04/07/airasia-confirms-hk-flight-suffered-abnormal-cabin-pressure/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #AirAsia #AK139 #TechnicalIssues

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00:00AirAsia flight AK139 from Hong Kong to Kuala Lumpur yesterday suffered a technical issue

00:07which caused abnormal cabin pressure in the aircraft.

00:17The budget carrier said the cabin crew took appropriate measures following the technical

00:22issue with oxygen masks automatically deployed as a precautionary safety measure.

00:28In a statement, it said at no point was safety compromised, adding that the plane landed

00:33safely at KLIA Terminal 2 at 4.05pm.

00:38It said that following a comprehensive engineering assessment, the technical issue was identified

00:43and resolved, and the aircraft will be cleared for service today in full compliance with

00:47all safety regulations.

00:50This was the second case of an AirAsia flight encountering issues mid-flight in the span

00:55of just over a week.

00:57On March 27th, AirAsia flight AK128 bound for Shenzhen, China had to make an emergency

01:03landing at KLIA Terminal 2 after a fire ignited in its right engine while in the air.

01:10All 171 passengers and crew disembarked the aircraft safely, while the fire had been completely

01:16extinguished by the aircraft's halon suppression system before the plane landed.

01:22Dhanush Rajareza, FMT.

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