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Malaysia Airlines: Flight Returns to Airport After Malfunction

File photo AP Photo/Laurent Errera

Malaysia Airline on Sunday confirmed its Flight 192 from Kuala Lumpur to Bangalore, India has returned to Kuala Lumpur International Airport after a landing gear malfunction.

From the airline’s Facebook page:

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The flight landed in Kuala Lumpur just before 2 a.m. local time, according to a tweet by the airline:

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Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappeared shortly after takeoff from Kuala Lumpur on March 8, touching off a massive search across the Indian Ocean. By March 24, the airline concluded that the flight had crashed in the southern Indian Ocean. Search teams are still trying to find the crash site. There were 227 passengers and 12 crew members on the flight.

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