Malaysian carrier makes emergency landing in Thailand
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KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - A Malaysia-bound Malindo Air flight diverted to Thailand and made an emergency landing on Monday after the cabin started to de-pressurise, the airline said, adding that none of the 129 people aboard was hurt.
The Malaysia-based carrier's flight OD206 from Delhi had been due to arrive in Kuala Lumpur early Monday but instead re-routed to Bangkok after the incident, which caused oxygen masks to deploy inside the plane.
"A slow decompression was detected by the pilot," said a Malindo spokesman, who suggested it may have been caused by oxygen leaking from the fuselage.
"In our case, oxygen masks were deployed as a precautionary measure according to SOP (standard operating procedure)."
The Boeing 737-900ER had 121 passengers and eight crew aboard.
The incident was still being investigated.
