Singapore Airlines flight makes emergency landing at KLIA

PUTRAJAYA — A Singapore Airlines (SIA) aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) after encountering a technical problem.

A Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) spokesman said flight SQ425 which had departed from Mumbai, India at 8:44 a.m., Sunday and expected to arrive in Singapore at 4:44 p.m., made the emergency landing at KLIA at 4:05 p.m.

“The plane landed safely and all its passengers and crew were also reported to be safe, with no injury sustained,” he said when contacted.

The spokesman said the cause of the incident was still being investigated.