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Malaysia Jet in Emergency Landing | |
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A Malaysia Airlines flight made an emergency landing Monday morning, returning safely to Kuala Lumpur International Airport after a problem with the plane’s landing gear, airline officials said. | |
As the plane, a Boeing 737-800 with 166 people on board, took off from the airport at 10:09 p.m. local time on Sunday en route to Bangalore, India, a tire on the main landing gear blew out, according to a statement on the airline’s Facebook page. | |
Debris from the tire was found on the runway, and air traffic controllers in Kuala Lumpur ordered the captain to turn back. | |
In March, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a Boeing 777-200 with 239 people aboard, disappeared as it flew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. | |