Two quit MAS flight before second attempt to fly to Kuantan

© Provided by MToday News Sdn BhdBahasa,-MH1286,-MAS,-Malaysia-Airlines,-Kuantan,-cuaca-buruk,-pendaratan© Provided by MToday News Sdn BhdunnamedPETALING JAYA: A Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur to Kuantan last night had to abort its landing, returning to KLIA before completing its flight at the second attempt.

The flight eventually landed more than three hours after its scheduled arrival time, minus two passengers who left the aircraft in fear prior to the second takeoff.

MAS flight MH1286 was originally scheduled to depart from KLIA at 10.05pm but was delayed by 33 minutes, for the 45-minute flight.

However, heavy rains and strong winds caused severe turbulence and an aborted landing, forcing the aircraft to return to KLIA.

“It was raining heavily with strong winds. There was very bad turbulence and some passengers were screaming in fear,” a young passenger on board the flight wrote in a WhatsApp message to his father this morning.

The youth added that the pilot managed to land the plane but “maybe because the pilot could not control the aircraft, the plane took off again”, and headed back to KLIA.

He said the plane landed at KLIA and remained for an hour before taking off.

“Just before it was to depart, two passengers decided to leave the flight, and that delayed the plane from taking off by another 10 minutes,” the youth said in the WhatsApp message that was shared with FMT.

The pilot then took off for Kuantan a second time and finally landed the plane successfully at 2.20am, more than three hours past its originally scheduled arrival time.

The grateful father of the youth, in a Facebook post, thanked the pilots for “keeping everybody safe.”