Scoot passengers spend night in Vietnam airport after flight diverted due to technical fault

Some passengers aboard a Scoot flight bound for Changsha were forced to spend a night at an airport in Vietnam on Wednesday (Feb 5), following technical difficulties that forced the plane to divert to Ho Chi Minh City. The flight coded TR124 had left Singapore as scheduled just after 6pm on Feb 5 for Changsha city in central China, a journey that would have taken around four hours and 40 minutes. But pilots detected a technical fault in the Airbus A320 aircraft, and landed the plane uneventfully at the airport in Ho Chi Minh City at 8.38pm, a Scoot spokesperson said in response to media queries. While the airline arranged hotel accommodation for the affected passengers, immigration regulations meant they had to remain in the airport, the spokesperson said, adding that meals were provided in the airport. Scoot did not say how many passengers were affected.<br/>