Singapore-bound Tigerair flight diverted to Batam

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SINGAPORE – A Singapore-bound Tiger Airways flight from Hong Kong landed unexpectedly in Batam, according to a woman whose mother was on board the plane.

Ms Serena Ng said flight TR2067 was due to land in Singapore at 10:30pm yesterday (Sep 20), but a check on Changi Airport’s website shows it only arrived at 2:41am.

Ms Ng managed to contact her mother on the phone, and learnt that the plane had landed in “an airfield in Batam.” “My mum told me TR2067 attempted to land in Singapore twice, but failed, and she heard loud vibrating sounds from the engine and thunder,” Ms Ng said.

Air traffic tracker Flight Radar 24 listed the A320 plane as having landed in Batam at 11:36pm.

Mr Sim Leong Chin, who had waited for his friend at Terminal 2 since 10.30pm, said he did not find it out of the ordinary for the delay. He added he was not worried although he had no information of the plane’s whereabouts until near midnight, when a staff at the airport said the plane was delayed due to bad weather.

But another lady – whose daughter was on board TR2067 - told Channel NewsAsia she was very worried. Speaking in Mandarin, she said: “The information on the arrival timings showed the plane was ‘confirmed’ at around 10.30pm.

“But shortly after that, the information under the ‘status’ column changed to ‘ask airline’. I became worried after that. What if the plane went missing?”

Despite the four-hour delay, passengers Channel NewsAsia spoke with appeared calm, and said they were relieved the plane had landed safely in Singapore. CHANNEL NEWSASIA


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