Malaysia Airlines plane bound for Seoul forced to divert to HK

Rappler.com

A Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur to Seoul had to divert to Hong Kong early Monday, due to electrical problems, adding to the flag-carrier’s headaches as it grapples with its missing plane crisis.  The airline said in a statement Flight MH066 was “diverted to Hong Kong due to an inoperative aircraft generator which supplies normal electrical power” on the Airbus A330-300. The company said, “However, electrical power continued to be supplied by the Auxiliary Power Unit,” giving no further details on the equipment problem. It said the aircraft landed in Hong Kong “uneventfully” and that all 271 passengers had been transferred to other carriers.

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