AIRASIA FLIGHT TURNS BACK TO LANGKAWI

LANGKAWI: An AirAsia flight to KL International Airport 2 (klia2) turned back three minutes after taking off from Langkawi International Airport (LIA) yesterday morning. LIA manager Jefry Ramli said flight AK9327 carrying 156 passengers and crew, departed at 9.17am. At 9.20am, airport air control tower received information that the AK9327 aircraft had encountered problems. “According to Malaysia Airports standard operating procedure, the Airport Fire and Rescue Service (AFRS) had three fire engines on standby. “At 9.30am, the plane safely landed, accompanied by the three AFRS fire engines to the airport apron,” he said in a statement yesterday. – Bernama