KUALA LUMPUR: Batik Air last night said its aircraft requested for a diversion to Indonesia after a technical glitch during a flight from Australia.
"We wish to advice that flight OD152 which was bound for Kuala Lumpur with 56 passengers on board had departed from Perth on 28 July at 4.34pm (Western Australia time)," the airline said in a statement.
"Whilst en route over Christmas Island, the captain detected a technical glitch and reported to its Operations Control Centre and as a precautionary measure and in line with the Standard Operating Procedures, requested for diversion of the flight to Jakarta, Indonesia."
The flight, it added, landed safely in Jakarta at 9.09pm (Malaysian time) and all passengers disembarked safely.
"The passengers are being provided with Customer Care and 39 passengers will be returning to Kuala Lumpur tonight on another Batik Air flight OD317 arriving in Kuala Lumpur at 1am on July 29, 2023, whereas the remaining 17 passengers will depart to Kuala Lumpur on a Batik Air flight at 6.45am."
Batik Air's engineering team is said to be working on the technical issue with the support of handling agents in Jakarta.
Batik Air is a member of the Lion Air Group of Indonesia comprising Batik Air Indonesia, Super Air Jet, Lion Air, Wings Air, Biz Jet and Thai Lion Air.
