- A Malaysia Airlines flight was forced to land in Alice Springs after safety concern
- Passengers thought they were crashing when plane had ‘massive vibrations’
- Aircraft was only four hours into its flight when emergency landing happened
Passengers were terrified as a Malaysia Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Alice Springs.
The MH122 flight bound for Kuala Lumpur from Sydney was only four hours into its flight when it was diverted.
‘The scariest part was that once the engine started to make a loud disturbing noise, the flight attendants all seemed nervous and clueless,’ one passenger wrote on social media.
Passengers were terrified as a Malaysia Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Alice Springs (pictured)
The MH122 flight bound for Kuala Lumpur from Sydney was only four hours into its flight when it was diverted (pictured)
‘The scariest part was that once the engine started to make a loud disturbing noise, the flight attendants all seemed nervous and clueless,’ one passenger wrote on social media
After a ‘massive vibration’ shook the plane, the crew told passengers to ‘brace for impact’, Donna Edwards told 9 News.
‘One of the crew stopped near us and one guy said ‘are we crashing or are we landing’,’ Ms Edwards said.
‘The crew member said ‘I don’t know’.’
‘We were just bracing for the worst. I thought I was going to die.’
The flight, which left Sydney Airport at 1.06pm, landed in Alice Springs at 5.48pm (local time) although it was scheduled to arrive in Kuala Lumpur at 6.30pm the same day.
Malaysia Airlines released a statement saying ‘safety at all times’ was their ‘number one priority’.
Another passenger thought she was ‘going to die’ when she felt the ‘massive vibrations’
Malaysia Airlines said that ‘safety at all times’ was their ‘number one priority’