Singapore airlines flight from Mumbai made emergency landing at KLIA
KUALA LUMPUR - A Singapore Airlines (SIA) aircraft was diverted to Kuala Lumpur on Sunday afternoon after it received a cargo fire warning message.
The warning came just 20 minutes before the flight -- SQ 425 -- from Mumbai, India, to Singapore was due to land at Changi airport.
A SIA spokesman told The Straits Times: The warning was sounded towards the end of its flight from Mumbai, India, just 20 minutes before descent into Singapore."
The Boeing 777, landed in Kuala Lumpur without incident at 4.01 pm local time.
"Thorough inspections were carried out on the ground, which showed no signs of fire, and the aircraft departed for Singapore at 7.24 pm," he said.
A check on the airlines' flight status page said the flight had landed in Singapore at 8.43pm, about four hours after the scheduled time of arrival.
Earlier Malaysian news agency Bernama reported that the aircraft had departed from Mumbai at 8.44am on Sunday and was expected to arrive in Singapore at 4.44pm. It made an emergency landing at KLIA at 4.05pm, a Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) spokesman told Bernama.
"The plane landed safely and all its passengers and crew were also reported to be safe, with no injury sustained," he was quoted as saying.
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