Pilot Asks Passengers to Pray as Plane Shakes for Two Hours

Plane spotters take photographs of an AirAsia A320 airbus as it prepares to land at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (KLIA 2) in Sepang on May 5, 2017. MANAN VATSYAYANA/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.