The special flight carrying Malaysian nationals from Wuhan, China, the epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak, arrived safely at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) at around 6.50am today, carrying 66 of the 75 people scheduled to depart Wuhan.

The Foreign Affairs Ministry, in a statement said 75 passengers were originally listed to be on the flight home, but nine of them could not make it due to various factors.

All passengers onboard had to undergo health screening at the Air Disaster Unit (ADU) at KLIA and will be quarantined for 14 days.

The aircraft also carried 12 crew members, nine Malaysian government representatives and two officers from the Malaysian Embassy in Beijing.