Batik Malaysia B738 at Kuala Lumpur on Apr 12th 2026, engine problems

Last Update: April 13, 2026 / 17:02:25 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 12, 2026

Classification
Incident

Airline
Batik Air Malaysia

Flight number
OD-293

Departure
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Destination
Male, Maldives

Aircraft Registration
9M-LNP

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Batik Air Malaysia Boeing 737-800, registration 9M-LNP performing flight OD-293 from Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) to Male (Maldives), was climbing out of Kuala Lumpur's runway 32R when the crew stopped the climb at about FL130 and descended initially to FL110. The aircraft entered two holds before positioning for an approach to runway 32L. The aircraft landed without further incident on that runway about 70 minutes after departure.

A passenger reported: "We had a left engine (CFM56) failure and were forced to turn back to KL."

A replacement Boeing 737-8 MAX registration 9M-LRG reached Male with a delay of about 5.5 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Kuala Lumpur about 37 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 12, 2026

Classification
Incident

Airline
Batik Air Malaysia

Flight number
OD-293

Departure
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Destination
Male, Maldives

Aircraft Registration
9M-LNP

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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