KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 3 – Malaysia Airlines said one of its jets (MH 19) made an unscheduled landing in India on Thursday due to a broken of lavatories while flying the same route as flight MH17, which was shot down over Ukraine last year. A spokeswoman said that MH19 is the new flight which code after “MH17” was retired following the tragedy that will be landed in Chennai on a scheduled flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.
She said that the plane had to land due to inoperable lavatories. It was to land in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday morning. While, the unexpected landing came just two days after the carrier touted the formal launch of a new holding company which is Malaysia Airlines Berhad. It was a part of efforts to turn the page on last year’s tragedies.
On that time, the flight-tracking websites showed that MH19 was making two wide turns over India before it landing. The spokeswoman attributed this to a lack of immediate parking slots in Chennai. For the standard practice of burning excess fuel was before the unexpected landings.
