Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) today confirmed that its flight MH742 that departed from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) at 1.59pm bound for Yangon has made an air turn-back towards the airport.

MAB in a statement, confirmed that the aircraft has landed safely at KLIA on the same day at 3.45pm.

Flight MH742, operating on the B737-800 aircraft, was scheduled to arrive in Yangon at 3.05pm on Sunday.

At Press time, a MAB official said the company is still investigating the cause of the air turn-back.