Pilot Asks Passengers to Pray as Plane Shakes for 2 Hours Straight

An aircraft of Malaysia's domestic airline, AirAsia, preparing for take-off as it passes the Kuala Lumpur International Airport control tower on Feb. 8, 2003. Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images

An AirAsia X flight carrying 259 passengers en route to Malaysia from Perth was forced to turn around due to shaking caused by a technical issue, CNN reports.

Passengers on the airplane said that the shaking went on for two hours as the airplane headed back to Perth. The Airbus A330-300 jet landed safely at the Perth airport upon return.