Malaysia Airlines flight forced to turn back to KLIA due to cabin pressure

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Airlines flight MH386 was forced to turn back to KLIA on Tuesday (Aug 20) night due to a cabin pressure issue.

The flight, which was bound for bound for Shanghai experienced the issue shortly after departing from KLIA Terminal 1 at 9.14pm, reported Astro Awani.

FlightRadar showed that the plane, an Airbus A330-300, declared a general emergency soon after takeoff.

It descended to 10,000ft, indicating a possible cabin pressure problem, before landing safely at KLIA after 70mins in the air.