起飞15分钟收不回机轮 飞萤客机紧急折返槟城
继MH192日前因起落架失灵而被迫紧急折返后,马航属下的民航客机又再传出折返的消息。一架从槟城飞往哥打峇鲁的飞萤客机,今早起飞15分钟后因技术问题而被迫折返。
其中一名搭客潘凱莉向《当今大马》描述其经验时说,“我们今早7点离开槟城后,机长大约15分钟后就宣布,我们将会折返。”
“飞机在起飞后,无法将机轮收回来。”
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/260887
A Firefly flight bound for Kota Baru was forced to turn back to Penang 15 minutes after departing this morning due to technical issues.
"We departed Penang at 7am and after about 15 minutes the captain announced that we were turning back.
"The wheel could not be stowed after take off," passenger Phuah Kylie told Malaysiakini this morning.
A check with Firefly's Penang counter confirms that an "aircraft swap" was done as repairs could not be done in due time.
Passengers of FY1002/MH9948 were moved to the new aircraft after waiting for about an hour at the airport, and took off at 8.50am.
The flight arrived in Kota Baru an hour later.
Firefly is Malaysia Airlines' budget carrier.
It is understood that the faulty aircraft has been sent back to Firefly's Subang base for repairs.
Phuah said that the crew were "very professional" throughout the incident and passengers were mostly calm.
"It's just that because of MH370 that people get nervous about things like this.
"There was no panic on the plane and everyone followed instructions.
"The crew were very good. They handled the situation professionally," she said.
However, she claimed two foreign passengers on board the initial aircraft opted to cancel their flight and changed carriers after the incident.
The incident comes days after Malaysia Airline's MH192 was forced to make an emergency landing due to a burst tire.
Meanwhile, search operations are still ongoing for MH370, which disappeared off radar screens 48 days ago . https://my.news.yahoo.com/technical-issues-force-firefly-flight-turn-back-025753183.html
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