The flight, MH780, squawked 7700 and declared an emergency after it experienced cabin depressurisation. The flight, which was originally bound for Bangkok, returned back to Kuala Lumpur.
By: Haotian
Published on: 24 June 2024, 9.47pm (GMT +8)
The flight was above Thai airspace when the incident happened. Photo: Oneworld
On 24 June 2024, a Malaysia Airlines (MH/MAS) A330-200 registered 9M-MTW, which was operating flight MH780 from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL/WMKK) to Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport (BKK/VTSB) returned back to Kuala Lumpur after the aircraft experienced a cabin depressurisation at about 6pm (GMT +8).
While the aircraft was cruising above Thai airspace at 40,000 feet, the pilots squawked 7700 and declared an emergency. Not long after, the flight made a 180-degree turn, heading back to Kuala Lumpur Airport. According to Flightradar24, the pilots made an emergency descent from 40,000 feet to 10,000 feet within 10 minutes, as part of the emergency procedure during a cabin decompression.
The aircraft stayed at an altitude of 10,000 feet for the rest of the journey, as part of safety measures to prevent further complications. It landed safely on runway 32L at Kuala Lumpur Airport at 8.18pm (GMT +8), about 2 hours after it had departed.
This is the second incident Malaysia Airlines has encountered in four days, and the second case of cabin depressurisation in two days, where a Korean Air Boeing 737 encountered an uncontrolled depressurisation while en-route to Taichung from Seoul.
Project AeroFlight has reached out to Malaysia Airlines for comment.
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