Malindo Air flight OD206, heading from New Delhi, India to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, had to make an emergency landing in Bangkok, Thailand, at 2:25 a.m. on November 3.
The authorities said the pilot decided to make an emergency landing at the nearest airport after a technical issue was discovered in the Boeing 737-900ER aircraft.
The plane landed uneventfully and all 121 passengers and 8 crew members remained unharmed.
The airline said in a statement, “The passengers are being taken care of by Thai Lion Air and arrangements to put them on another flight to Kuala Lumpur at 3.45pm (4.45pm Malaysian time) are already under way.”
The aircraft was taken for examination.
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Jazz flight QK-8301 made an emergency landing in Seattle, Washington, on June 8th.