CANBERRA, Australia – Malaysia Airlines says one of its flights was forced to return to Australia after a disruptive passenger attempted to enter the cockpit.
The airline said in a statement that Flight MH128, which was headed from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur, turned back to Melbourne on Wednesday because of the incident.
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It said the airplane landed safely and was parked at a remote bay at the airport awaiting the arrival of security personnel.
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The statement gave no other details of the incident.
Flightradar24, an aircraft monitoring site, said on Twitter that other flights bound for Melbourne were diverted to other airports.
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