Malaysian plane lands safely after landing gear scare

MUMBAI: Malaysia Airlines Sunday said its flight to Bangalore had to turn back to Kuala Lumpur as the Boeing plane developed a technical glitch.

"Malaysia Airlines confirms that flight MH192 that departed from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) at 10.09pm bound for Bangalore has made an air turn back towards Kuala Lumpur. The aircraft’s right-hand landing gear malfunctioned upon takeoff,"

The flight operated on a Boeing 737-800 aircraft, departed from Kuala Lumpur at 10.09pm and was scheduled to arrive in Bangalore 11.35 pm.

The flight was carrying 166 people on board.

Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein earlier said on his Twitter feed that a tyre was reported to have burst on takeoff.

"They have landed safely -- thank God," he tweeted. The plane was scheduled to arrive in Bangalore at 11.35 pm (local time) the same day.

Hishammuddin is overseeing Malaysia' response to Flight MH370 that crashed in the Indian Ocean with 239 people aboard on March 8.

Malaysia Airlines splashed into the news last month, after one of its flights headed to Beijing disappeared on March 8.

The flight MH370, operated by a Boeing 777-200 ER and carrying 239 people was later confirmed as having gone down in the southern part of the Indian ocean with no survivors,

(With inputs from PTI)