MAS flight to Hyderabad forced to turn back to KL

A Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight heading to Hyderabad made a turn back early this morning due to a technical issue, airlive.net reported.

The plane however, safely landed at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), Sepang.

According to the report, flight MH198 made the turn back shortly after takeoff after detecting some problems on its computers.

Efforts to contact the airline is currently being made.

BREAKING Flight #MH198 from Kuala Lumpur to Hyderanad is circling after take off.
— AirLiveNet (@airlivenet) September 13, 2014

BREAKING MAS Flight #MH198 from Kuala Lumpur to Hyderanad is circling after take off. pic.twitter.com/hQE0ILlYVo
— AirLiveNet (@airlivenet) September 13, 2014

UPDATE Malaysia Airlines flight #MH198 from Kuala Lumpur to Hyderanad will return to KUL after burning fuel. pic.twitter.com/50jEtnL4SO
— AirLiveNet (@airlivenet) September 13, 2014

UPDATE Boeing 737 Malaysia Airlines flight #MH198 from Kuala Lumpur to Hyderabad is returning to KUL after 3h of holding pattern.
— AirLiveNet (@airlivenet) September 13, 2014

UPDATE We have confirmation Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737 flight #MH198 landed safely at Kuala Lumpur.
— AirLiveNet (@airlivenet) September 13, 2014

UPDATE #MH198 "A source in MAS said a problem was detected in one of the onboard computers" - @ThorpeDave
— AirLiveNet (@airlivenet) September 13, 2014

NEWS Malaysia Airlines Flight #MH198, flying from Kuala Lumpur to Hyderabad, turned back shortly after takeoff http://t.co/CPrn31cl70
— AirLiveNet (@airlivenet) September 13, 2014