Malaysia Airlines plane aborts takeoff to avoid collision

A Malaysia Airlinesplane was forced to abort a takeoff after air traffic control radioed pilots to tell them they were on a collision course with another aircraft.

According to the Metro, Flight MH136 was heading for Kuala Lumpur but had to halt takeoff while on an Adelaide Airport runway in Australia on Wednesday.

Another plane coming into land was apparently heading straight for it. The Daily Mail reports that "a Tiger Airways Airbus A320 had been too high and too fast on approach".

According to the New Straits Times, an airline statement said: "MH136 was ready to depart Adelaide Airport and already on takeoff roll when it was instructed by Adelaide Air Traffic Control to discontinue its take-off as the inbound aircraft discontinued its landing and was infringing the vicinity of the take-off path.

"Upon receiving the instruction, MH136 stopped safely."

All 167 passengers and crew on board were unhurt.

The news comes after two recent major tragedies involving Malaysia Airlines planes.

Just two weeks ago, flight MH17 was shot down in a suspected attack by Russian separatists while flying over the Ukraine.

All 298 people on board died after the plane was hit by a missile. It is believed that rebels demanding independence from Ukraine fired on the aircraft thinking it was military.

And, back in March, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 completely disappeared while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

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