Thai Airways forced to make emergency landing in Bali after 'reported' fuel leak
AN AIRLINE forced to divert an Australia-bound flight to Bali due to a suspected fuel leak.
Thai Airways plane forced to carry out emergency landing
Passengers on board a Thai Airways flight from Bangkok to Brisbane made an impromptu visit to Bali after pilots made an emergency landing at the south east Asian island.
The flight TG473 was suspected to have a leak from its right engine just a few hours into the flight.
According to Flightradar24, the Brisbane-bound flight had been scheduled to depart Bangkok on Sunday, October 9 at 11.59pm.
But the flight was delayed for approximately three hours. The reasons for this delay are currently unknown.
After a few hours into the journey, the captain announced to the 264 passengers on board that the flight was being diverted to Bali.
Video footage by captured by Paul Pluta shows the plane dumping fuel from its wings ahead of the emergency landing.
Paul uploaded the video to his youtube channel, which has since gone viral.
In it, he said he spotted the change in course of the flight on the tracker in from of him and was the only passenger to notice the sun was on the wrong side.
Pilots made the emergency landing at Denpasar Bali.
News.com.au reported that all the passengers were provided with overnight stay at hotels near the airport.
A second plane, according to the Aviation Herald, was sent to Bali to pick up the passengers and take them to Brisbane.
In total they experience a delay of around 37 hours and reached their destination on October 12.
Express.co.uk has contacted Thai Airways for a comment.
The story comes after one passenger plane accidentally landed at the wrong airport.
The passenger plane was scheduled to fly from Medan to Padang, both in Indonesia.
But the Sriwijaya Air flight ended up touching down in a military airfield instead.