Last week KA064 did an air turn back to Kota Kinabalo. They had a hydraulics overheat, which remained illuminated. The position of the aircraft was abeam Manila, enroute to HKG. The approx flight time to Manila wad 25 mins. The flight time to return to BKI was around 1hour 10 mins including the 180deg turn.
IOC advised Manila and even the KA Chief Pilot got in on the act, and advised divert to Manila.
The plane did a 180 deg and flew back to Kota Kinabalo, with the green hydraulics in a state of over overheat. The crew consisted of a senior first officer, currently working out his notice , and a junior Captain of the spikey hair , Pokemon Go generation ( You all know where im going with this
When asked why he diverted to BKI, the captain allegedly stated he had never flown to Manila.
No feedback from management on this one . Go figure