Another Malaysian Airline flight diverted to Hong Kong for emergency landing after experiencing electrical problems Malaysian Airline Flight 066 originated in Kuala Lumpur It was diverted to Hong Kong early Monday after the crew noticed electrical problems The airline says the diversion was caused by an inoperative aircraft generator, which supplies normal electrical power The incident comes weeks after the airline lost one of its planes over Southeast Asia Boeing 777-200 disappeared from radar on March 8 with 239 people on board Air and sea searches since last Thursday in remote area of Indian Ocean Search expanded after France reveals satellite images of possible debris Fears search could be hampered as rain and tropical cyclone forecast Australian Deputy PM claims search team is clutching at information By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 05:53 GMT, 24 March 2014 | UPDATED: 07:41 GMT, 24 March 2014 As the exhaustive search for missing Malaysian Airline Flight 370 wages on, the airline had another scare early Monday morning when a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Incheon, South Korea, was diverted to Hong Kong after it experienced an electrical problem, the airline said Monday morning. Kuala Lumpur is the same airport where the missing flight originated before losing radio contact over Southeast Asia. The plane forced to make an emergency landing was an Airbus A330-300. It landed uneventfully in Hong Kong, the airline says. Airline officials say the reason Malaysian Airlines Flight 066 was diverted was because of an inoperative aircraft generator, which supplies normal electrical power, the company told CNN. Despite the malfunction, the airline says the planes electrical power continued to be supplied by the planes auxiliary power unit.
Posted on: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 08:05:28 +0000
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