Malaysia Airlines Melbourne-KL flight lands in Alice Springs due to technical issue

PETALING JAYA: A technical issue forced a Kuala Lumpur-bound Malaysia Airlines flight from Melbourne to be diverted to Alice Springs Airport (ASP).

Malaysia Airlines said that flight MH128 safely landed at 4.35am local time on Monday (Aug 19) at the airport located in Australia’s Northern Territory, about 1,800km from its departure point.