An Air India Dreamliner passenger plane with 215 passengers on board was diverted to Kuala Lumpur Wednesday due to a technical failure in the sky, said local TV Times Now.

The Boeing 787, flying non-stop from Sydney to Delhi, with 215 people on board, suffered a software malfunction on its cockpit panels overflying Malaysia.

The pilots of the plane spotted the glitch on their panel, immediately informed the Kuala Lumpur air traffic control and sought permission to land, airline sources said.

The aircraft landed under emergency conditions at the airport, they said, adding it was a "normal" landing.

The plane, operating flight AI-301, was coming to Delhi from Sydney via Melbourne.

An Air India spokesperson said all the passengers have been provided hotel accommodation at Kuala Lumpur. Endi

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