Media reported that a Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur to Tawau town in Sabah allegedly dove suddenly and flew erratically before being turned back on Sunday (April 3), it’s not right.
Passenger Halimah Nasoha wrote on Facebook about her experience some 30 minutes into the 2.30pm flight, saying many passengers panicked, screamed and some cried as the aircraft lost altitude sharply about 30 minutes into the flight.
- UPDATE A malfunctioning pitot-static system caused the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 737 aircraft to rapidly descend said the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia.
Malaysia Airlines said in its statement that the technical problems were “compounded by bad weather en route”. The pilot turned back to KLIA as a precautionary measure, in the interest of passenger safety, the company said.
According to RadarBox website, the Boeing 737-800 has lost 7,000 ft in 13 minutes, a very regulate descent rate. However the flight suffered severe turbulence.
The aircraft (reg. 9M-MLS) is grounded since the incident.
The airline said in a statement on Wednesday that Flight MH2664 from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) turned back due to “technical issues” with the aircraft.