A passenger airliner successfully made an emergency landing at Sultan Mahmud Airport in Kuala Terengganu yesterday, but now finds itself stranded without fuel.

“Fuel supplies for the aircraft would have to be arranged from either Kuantan, Pahang, or Kota Bharu, Kelantan,” Bernama quoted Kuala Terengganu police chief Azli Noor as saying.

The Qingdao Airlines flight QW907 departed from Qingdao, China, at 9.40am yesterday and was scheduled to arrive at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) at 4pm.

However, the report said the Airbus A321neo encountered bad weather and was diverted to Kuala Terengganu after circling in the air for more than an hour, landing at 5.30pm – one and a half hours after its scheduled landing at KLIA.