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| AirAsia flight turns back to Perth with 'technical issue' | AirAsia flight turns back to Perth with 'technical issue' |
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| Passengers report engine trouble as flight to Malaysia lands safely after being turned around 90 minutes into trip | |
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| Sun 25 Jun 2017 05.12 BST | |
| Last modified on Mon 26 Jun 2017 20.44 BST | |
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| A pilot has turned around an AirAsia flight on its way to Malaysia and returned to Perth due to a technical problem with the plane. | A pilot has turned around an AirAsia flight on its way to Malaysia and returned to Perth due to a technical problem with the plane. |
| The plane departed just before 7am (WST) on Sunday for Kuala Lumpur but the pilot identified a “technical issue” and decided to return to Perth, a Perth airport spokesman said. | The plane departed just before 7am (WST) on Sunday for Kuala Lumpur but the pilot identified a “technical issue” and decided to return to Perth, a Perth airport spokesman said. |
| “Flight crew are taking precautionary measures to check the aircraft and some guests on board the flight will be transferred to the next available flight today,” AirAsia said in a statement on Sunday. “Other guests will be informed of the progress of the flight.” | “Flight crew are taking precautionary measures to check the aircraft and some guests on board the flight will be transferred to the next available flight today,” AirAsia said in a statement on Sunday. “Other guests will be informed of the progress of the flight.” |
| The plane landed safely back in Perth at about 10am. “The safety of our guests are our utmost priority,” AirAsia said. | The plane landed safely back in Perth at about 10am. “The safety of our guests are our utmost priority,” AirAsia said. |
| The ABC reported that one passenger had said the plane was shaking like a “washing machine” but that the crew had handled the situation very well. | The ABC reported that one passenger had said the plane was shaking like a “washing machine” but that the crew had handled the situation very well. |
| “It was essentially the engine seized up I think, that’s what they told us anyway,” passenger Brenton Atkinson told the ABC. | “It was essentially the engine seized up I think, that’s what they told us anyway,” passenger Brenton Atkinson told the ABC. |
| “The whole thing, the plane started vibrating and shaking pretty bad, and we had to turn around and come back.” | “The whole thing, the plane started vibrating and shaking pretty bad, and we had to turn around and come back.” |
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| Perth | |
| Malaysia | |
| Asia Pacific | |
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