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Malaysia Airlines flights to Doha, Jeddah return to KL after conflict-area advisory

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The national carrier says affected passengers received assistance with alternative flight arrangements and hotel accommodation where required.

PETALING JAYA: A Malaysia Airlines flight turned back to Kuala Lumpur while another diverted to Chennai following a conflict-area advisory yesterday.

Flight MH160 from Kuala Lumpur to Doha returned to KLIA while MH156 from Kuala Lumpur to Jeddah was diverted to Chennai before returning to KLIA, Bernama reported.

In a statement, Malaysia Airlines said this complied with established conflict-area diversion protocols following the mid-flight advisory concerning heightened airspace risk.

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