It was supposed to be a routine landing… until everything went dark.”
On a stormy evening of December 18, 1983, Malaysian Airline System Flight 684 approached Subang Airport under a cloak of rain and limited visibility. As the DC-10 descended, the runway vanished beneath the downpour. In a terrifying moment, the aircraft skidded, slammed into terrain, and erupted into flames.
But what followed defied the odds every soul on board survived.
This is the story of quick thinking, survival, and how one flight became a turning point for Malaysian aviation safety protocols.
Discover what really happened when Flight 684’s landing… went horribly wrong