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PETALING JAYA: A Malaysia Airlines flight to Seoul made an emergency landing at Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam after smoke was detected in the cargo compartment.

 

The Airbus Flight MH66, which took off at 1.10am, was diverted to Vietnam as a precaution after the smoke was detected by the aircraft's warning mechanism, said MAS in a statement.

 

“The Airbus A330-300 aircraft landed safely in Ho Chi Minh City at 3.11am today (yesterday),” the statement said, adding that initial ground inspections at the airport could not establish the cause of the problem yet.

 

MAS operations director Datuk Tajuden Abu Bakar said: “The aircraft is equipped to isolate and suppress any smoke coming from the cargo hold but the captain decided to land immediately at the nearest alternative airport in the interest of passenger safety.

 

“We apologise to our passengers for the inconvenience caused from this disruption but we wish to reassure that we will not operate any aircraft unless we are certain there is no issue on passenger safety.”

 

He said the scheduled flight MH75 from Hong Kong to Kuala Lumpur was rerouted to Ho Chih Minh City to bring back all 108 passengers of MH66 to KL International Airport (KLIA) at 2.42pm.

 

One of the passengers, Raja Azhar Idris, 55, said he sensed something amiss when he boarded the plane.

 

He said he alerted the air stewardesses but was told that “everything is fine.”

 

He added that the passengers did not panic when it was announced that the plane would be diverted to Vietnam.

 

 

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He said the scheduled flight MH75 from Hong Kong to Kuala Lumpur was rerouted to Ho Chih Minh City to bring back all 108 passengers of MH66 to KL International Airport (KLIA) at 2.42pm

Good to see nothing more sinister than 'inconvenience' and all are safe. Good call by the captain in charge ?

To me however, it's disturbing to read MH is able to physically accomodate the operation quoted above - loads on both MH66 and MH75 must have been real bad ! And this during Malaysian school holiday season ie. busy travel period ?

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how come all of this problems are suddenly happening to the MAS aircrafts. weird.

 

how come all of this REPORTED problems are suddenly happening to the MAS aircrafts. weird.

 

So many other incidents went on unreported by the press. Some, rightfully, are not worth mentioning.

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another airbus incident yet and again.

 

I was thinking the exact thing... although might not be Airbus's fault this time. But who knows! problem could be either electrical or cargo-related. :pardon:

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how come all of this REPORTED problems are suddenly happening to the MAS aircrafts. weird.

 

So many other incidents went on unreported by the press. Some, rightfully, are not worth mentioning.

 

 

Good one captain....i want to say the same thing...

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