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KL-bound AirAsia X flight makes emergency landing in Melbourne

A Kuala Lumpur-bound AirAsia X flight from Sydney was forced to make an emergency landing at Melbourne airport because of a technical problem, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported today.

It quoted a spokesman for Air Services Australia as saying the pilot of flight XAX223 did a turn-around as a safety measure.

The state-owned broadcaster quoted the Civil Aviation and Safety Authority as saying the plane's navigation system and map display were malfunctioning.

Flight XAX223 was reported to have turned back to Melbourne as the weather was more favourable than Sydney. It landed safely at 11am, Malaysian time.

This is the second emergency landing related to Asia’s largest low-cost carrier after Indonesia AirAsia flight 8501 crashed on December 28 last year.

Shortly after the crash, it was reported that AirAsia's flight AK6242 en route from Penang to Langkawi made an emergency landing, citing technical difficulties. – March 10, 2015.

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‘Everyone’s vomiting’: Passengers on board diverted AirAsia flight tell of their distress at being kept in grounded plane

Passengers on a diverted AirAsia flight have finally taken off for their destination, after turbulence, a diversion and forced grounding in Melbourne left many unwell.

AirAsia X flight 223 was diverted to Melbourne after its departure from Sydney at lunchtime and was left sitting on the tarmac as engineers carried out technical inspections to determine the cause of the fault.

But repeated requests from passengers to exit the plane were denied by authorities, despite rising temperatures inside, according to passengers.

A passenger named Amanda told 2GB radio the crew had turned the plane’s air conditioning off, causing serious issues among passengers.


Online flight radars show the aircraft diverting to the south en-route to Kuala Lumpur. (FlightAware)

"Everyone's vomiting, everyone's sick,” she said.

"We've been here for a little over an hour now... they switched the plane off, it was so hot in here. No air con, nothing."

She also told the radio station the aircraft attempted to land at Melbourne Airport before suddenly taking off again.

"When we were descending the plane took off again,” she said.

“I'm not sure why. We circled Melbourne for a little bit, there was so much turbulence... so many sick people.”

Online flight radars showed the aircraft's flight path leaving Sydney airspace and heading roughly north-west towards Kuala Lumpur before making a diversion to the south.


An AirAsia X Airbus A330-300. (AAP)

A spokesperson for Melbourne Airport has told 9News.com.au the pilot of AirAsia X flight 223 contacted air traffic control to advise a 'precautionary local standby'.

The flight eventually took off for Kuala Lumpur at 5.29pm (AEDT) after the delay.

GhostWalking

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pearlspth

omg so scared

ninjago

Alhamdulillah they landed safely. Sure quite an experience kat semua penumpang. Dahla tak reda lagi pasal kpl terbang crash la hilang la.. pastu kapal yg dinaiki camnie hal pulak.. pheww~