The state-owned company said in a statement thatFlight MH066 carrying 271 passengers left Kuala Lumpur at 11:37 pm andwas due to arrive at Incheon airport in Seoul at 6:50 am local time.
However,the plane was diverted to Hong Kong as the aircraft generator becameinoperative . Electrical power continued to be supplied by theAuxiliary Power Unit, the company said.
The plane landed safely in Hong Kong at 3 am. All passengers were transferred onto other carriers, it added.
Malaysia Airlines is in the international spotlight following thedisappearance of its Beijing-bound Flight MH370 on March 8. Themultinational search for the missing jetliner has entered the third weekwith no traces of the plane found.-VNA