KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 8): Malaysia Airlines confirmed that its flight MH21 operating from the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Wednesday has returned to the CDG shortly after departure as a precautionary measure following an engine indication anomaly. “The aircraft landed safely at 3.35pm local time in Paris,” the group said in a statement through WhatsApp on Thursday. The replacement flight MH21D is scheduled to depart CDG at 5pm local time on Thursday. “Malaysia Airlines deeply regrets the inconvenience and disruptions to our passengers’ travel plans. A check in Flightradar24, the scheduled time of departure for the A350-941 flight was 11.10am, but the flight’s actual time of departure was at 2.09pm before the emergency landing happened.

Source: The Edge Markets January 08, 2026 04:56 UTC