Pilot turns back and safely lands aircraft at Subang airport


Mid-air fright: A handphone photo taken by one of the passengers showing the burning engine.

PETALING JAYA: A Malindo Air plane on its way to Kuala Terengganu was forced to turn back to the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang after one of its engines caught fire.

The airline said in a statement that the ATR-72-600 twin-engine turboprop aircraft experienced the fire at about 7,000 feet (2,133m) while it was ascending.

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Transport & Safety , malindo , fire , terengganu

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