MH192 Passengers Share First-Hand Experience Of Plane's Emergency Landing

"When the plane was about to take off, we could hear three loud bangs. The plane was shaking, especially rows 19 to 23 on the D, E and F side," said the passenger who wanted to be known as Raymond.

"Oxygen masks dropped but people did not panic. There was a lot of praying but people were calm," he said when asked about the situation in the aircraft that hovered for about three hours above KLIA.

Raymond said the pilot did a good job by keeping everyone up to date with news of the flight. "There wasn't as much information as I would like but we were kept updated," he said.

When Malaysian Airlines flight MH192 took off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Indian national Raja Gopal Menon knew something was wrong. "We knew something was wrong as the plane started shaking," said the 70-something tourist from Kochi in India.

Raja Gopal said he felt calm throughout the flight as the pilot handled the situation well. "The pilot was calm and helped us through the whole process," he said.

Marta Alonso, a telecommunication engineer from Spain, said she knew something was not right as soon as the plane took off. "It was bumpy and shaky. Not long after that the pilot announced we needed to make an emergency landing. It was frightening," she said at the airport today.

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She said the cabin crew, however, remained under control. "It was calm. The pilot did a good job by giving a constant update on the situation," she said. Alonso was supposed to start working in Bangalore tomorrow.

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"The passengers were very scared when we learnt that the flight was having trouble.. "Some were crying, while most of us had already started reciting prayers. "But the crew were excellent and very professional... They managed to handle the situation well and avoid panic.

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Malaysian IT strategy analyst Eugene Chin, who was heading to Bengaluru (Bangalore) for training, was asleep when one of the tyres of the plane burst during take off.

"When I woke up an hour later, I noticed that we were still hovering near Malaysia. I then overheard that something was wrong with the landing gear of the plane and that there was a possibility of an emergency landing," said the 24-year-old.

He said the plane went through a bumpy take off and he felt as if the plane had hit something. "We received constant updates. The captain did a good job and was very thorough with safety procedures," he said. "The captain reassured us multiple times so that we know what was happening."

Businessman Dr K. Satish Shetty, from Manipal, India, said he was very satisfied of how the pilot handled the situation. He said Adam managed to land the Boeing 737-800 smoothly and in short distance without any untoward incident.

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"The problem happened right during takeoff, when we heard loud noise before the aircraft started shaking. "We knew that something had gone wrong, before the pilot told us that there is a problem with the aircraft and they are trying to identify it."

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"The pilot then told us that we need to make a turnback to KLIA, and we continued flying over Malaysian airspace for several hours to burn the fuel before he made landing attempts," he said when met at the arrival hall.

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Gorav Puri, a 31-year-old passenger from Sweden, said he was sitting near the wing and heard a grinding sound when the pilot tried to turn back. "The plane had to make two turns before landing," he said, adding that they were told that the pilot had to use up the fuel before landing.

"We were quite calm throughout. We were only scared during take off and when we were told to brace ourselves for landing," he said. He added that he was glad to be safe and commended the pilot's handling of the situation.

"I panicked but the pilot was calm and updated us on the situation. We were hovering for few hours before the pilot did the emergency landing," said Chin.

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Australian Maslahuddin Khan, 40, praised the pilot for handling the situation calmly. He said although they had a bumpy take-off, the pilot handled the situation well. "There was turbulence during the departure but the landing procedure was handled well. We panicked at first but all remained calm," he said.

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