Singapore Airliner diverted to Kuala Lumpur, all passengers safe
On 21st June 2015, a Singapore Airlines (SIA) aircraft was diverted to Kuala Lumpur on Sunday afternoon after it received a cargo fire alarm message.
The warning came just 20 minutes before the flight — SQ 425 — from Mumbai, India, to Singapore was due to land at Changi airport.
The Boeing 777, landed in Kuala Lumpur without incident at 4.01 pm local time.
Thorough inspections were carried out on the ground, which showed no signs of fire, and the aircraft departed for Singapore at 7.24 pm,” he said.
A check on the airlines’ flight status page said the flight had landed in Singapore at 8.43pm, about four hours after the scheduled time of arrival.
The plane landed safely and all its passengers and crew were also reported to be safe, with no injury sustained.