Malaysia Airlines jet turns back due to 'pressure' woes

KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysia Airlines plane was forced to turn back due to pressure problems inside the aircraft after being in the air for almost an hour, a top aviation watchdog official said on Sunday (Aug 24).

Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, director-general of the Department of Civil Aviation told AFP that the plane returned to Kuala Lumpur International Airport because it was unable to maintain the correct pressure inside the aircraft. "It was not able to maintain the right pressure differential for the comfort of the passengers. It is not a major problem," he said. Malaysia Airlines officials could not be reached for comment.

Meanwhile the Star Online reported that the Tokyo-bound flight was 50 minutes into its journey when it was forced to return to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport after taking off at 2.50am GMT (10.50am on Saturday, Singapore time). Passengers were subsequently transferred to another plane which departed at 5.15am GMT (1.15pm, Singapore time), it said.

The flag carrier, which prior to this year had a good safety record, has been in the spotlight in the past six months following two aviation tragedies - the disappearance of flight MH370 on Mar 8, and the shooting down of MH17 on Jul 17 while flying over rebel-held eastern Ukraine. The two aviation tragedies killed 537 passengers.

Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/malaysia-airlines-jet/1327468.html?cid=TWTCNA&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

--Channel News Asia 2014-08-24

A few brown underpants on that flight, I bet!!

Barely newsworthy IMO.

What's next, "Malaysian Flight Attendant breaks wind." ?

Barely newsworthy IMO.

What's next, "Malaysian Flight Attendant breaks wind." ?

More tea vicar?

^ lol

Pressure problems,,,,,,, "It's not a major problem says the airline"...... It is if you can't breathe !.......... C'mon boys read the book,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Above ten thousand..........

50 minutes, just about the same time as the waypoint of the earlier one.

Barely newsworthy IMO.

What's next, "Malaysian Flight Attendant breaks wind." ?

I thought the same. But then, it may be of interest to those that fly that route or track the aircraft registration number.

There is a small group of people whose hobby is tracking each aircraft and recording its history, such as maintenance, incidents, etc. I'm not one of them.

Edited August 25, 201411 yr by Benmart

I don't know why the whole board of directors and the entire maintenance crew hasn't been fired by now.

So the same corrupt political appointees and incompetent clowns are still in charge of Malaysian Airlines, siphoning off cash and bleeding the airline to a slow death.

A few brown underpants on that flight, I bet!!

Losing pressure is an extremely dangerous situationwhich would cause a bit more than your "brown underpants".Do you think he (the pilot) should have carried on til they all lost consciousness (including the crew of course)

air suicide is a better name or ... LAST RIDE

Barely newsworthy IMO.

What's next, "Malaysian Flight Attendant breaks wind." ?

Actually the latest is Malaysian Airlines Chief Steward sexually assaults female passenger on KL to Paris flight.

Currently held in Paris awaiting trial.

Edited August 25, 201411 yr by Absolut

The only reason this even made the news is because it's Malaysia Airlines. Turn backs are very common and happen all the time

A few brown underpants on that flight, I bet!!

Losing pressure is an extremely dangerous situationwhich would cause a bit more than your "brown underpants".Do you think he (the pilot) should have carried on til they all lost consciousness (including the crew of course)

I think you misunderstood the quoted post. He meant that with the recent events happening to MA, the passengers crapped their pants thinking they might be next.

Exactly, but I thought I'd let him fume a little longer!!

Barely newsworthy IMO.

What's next, "Malaysian Flight Attendant breaks wind." ?

Actually the latest is Malaysian Airlines Chief Steward sexually assaults female passenger on KL to Paris flight.

Currently held in Paris awaiting trial.

Would never happen with QANTAS

I can appreciate that all of Malaysian airlines under a great deal of pressure.

Not that uncommon for planes to have to land because of trouble pressurising. It's not like it's a sudden decompression. If it wasn't MH, it wouldn't be noticed.

Virtually every day one or more planes suffer from pressurization problems, those are the ones that are reported bet a lot more go unreported.

If there was a massive rapid decompression and the plane did a rapid decent to 10,000' feet then that would be news, fortunately that is a rare occurrences.

Virtually every day one or more planes suffer from pressurization problems, those are the ones that are reported bet a lot more go unreported.

If there was a massive rapid decompression and the plane did a rapid decent to 10,000' feet then that would be news, fortunately that is a rare occurrences.

This one according to flight radar did from 21000 to 100000 in about 4 minutes.