AirAsia Flight to Kuala Lumpur Delayed 27 Hours Due to Aircraft Defect

Passengers experienced inconvenience as an AirAsia X flight from Incheon to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, was delayed for over 27 hours due to consecutive aircraft defects.

According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on the 24th, two aircraft defects were found on AirAsia X flight D7505D, which was scheduled to depart at 7:35 a.m. the previous day, causing a delay of approximately 27 hours and 20 minutes.

After completing maintenance work such as parts replacement, AirAsia boarded passengers around 2 a.m. on the same day, about 18 hours and 25 minutes after the scheduled departure time, but another defect was discovered just before departure, causing a further delay.

As the waiting time extended, AirAsia allowed passengers who wished to disembark around 3:20 a.m., and 50 out of 315 passengers left the aircraft at that time. The remaining 265 passengers on board waited an additional approximately 7 hours and 30 minutes inside the aircraft before departing for Kuala Lumpur around 10:50 a.m. that day.

A Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport official stated, "We are verifying whether passengers received appropriate protection due to the delay and whether the airline took measures according to the manual regarding the delay."

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