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Small technical problem forces AirAsia flight to return

Xinhua, February 8, 2015 Adjust font size:

An AirAsia X flight from Kuala Lumpur to Jeddah returned to Kuala Lumpur International Airport ( KLIA) becuase of a technical problem, the airlines' CEO Tony Fernandes said Sunday.

The flight had circled for hours to burn off fuel before landing safely at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Fernandes said.

He said that one auto-thrust did not function properly. " Actually okay to fly but we just returned to KLIA," he added. Endi