China Southern Airlines flight turns back after communication error

A China Southern Airlines flight from Shenzhen to Luoyang was forced to turn back on Wednesday afternoon because of a problem with its communication system, the carrier said.

Flight CZ6763 took off from Bao’an International Airport in the south China city at 2.42pm bound for its destination in Henan province.

But during the flight the crew of the Airbus A321 received an error signal and decided to turn the plane around, the Guangzhou-based company said via Weibo, China’s Twitter-like service.

It landed safely back in Shenzhen at 3.30pm, it said.

Passengers would be transferred to a later flight and the incident was being investigated, the company said.