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Old 4th Oct 2003, 16:03
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Plane's wire found cut.

From page 3 The Star ,

Some very disturbing news!It seems some wires of a MAS A330 aircraft, Flight MH127which was scheduled to leave for Perth on Thurs 2/10/03 with about 300 people on board,had been tampered with.Further checks found that at least 7 bundles of wires, under an instrument panel located under the Captain's seat had been cut.

Police & other agencies are investigating to verify if it was sabotage.

Obviously during check,there would be indication & a/c will not be dispatched.Somebody unhappy with work conditions?
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Old 7th Oct 2003, 05:37
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Another bad news for MAS??
Looks like not such a good week for MAS, just read this news and as mentioned in the report no details are available yet.

MH aircraft veered off runway in Changi Airport
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Could this be the work on a disgruntled employee? Most likely an engineer? Their working conditions I suspect are bad as many has left for greener pastures (Gulf, Emirates and HAECO). And those that left are the good ones (multi ratings). Those that remains are stretched, working long hours.

Or, this could be the work of a mentally disturbed employee (there are quiet a few). MAS, please do something. Complete your investigations quickly, and resolve the matter. Dont wait for the police and other authorities. They're even more stretched and lack manpower.

Good luck in the investigations.
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A similar incident occured with Qantas Sydney in the early sixties (I think). A ground engineer who was desperate to get a route station posting, sabotaged an aircraft and was the first one to "discover" the damage. Subsequent investigation unravelled the plot.
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Three MAS employees nabbed for sabotage

SHAH ALAM - Police have arrested three Malaysia Airlines (MAS) employees suspected of being involved in an attempt to sabotage an A330 Airbus aircraft on Oct 2.

Senior Assistant Commissioner Abu Bakar Mustafa said the three, aged between 28 and 44, were maintenance workers in the engineering department.

Two were arrested on Oct 22 and were remanded until last Friday, he told Utusan Malaysia newspaper on Wednesday.

'The third suspect was picked up last night. Police have obtained a remand order until Nov 6,' he said.

Police are continuing their investigations and may pick up more suspects, he added.

The aircraft in the Oct 2 incident was scheduled to fly from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Perth.

But pre-flight checks revealed that some of the plane's wires had been tampered with.

The flight system also showed a serious malfunction of the cockpit's flight instruments.

Three hundred passengers were transferred to another aircraft for their flight. -- from The Star/Asia News Network
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Well another case....


Snapped cables found on another MAS airplane
Was it tampering? Authorities order strict checks on all craft at KLIA, call for CCTV and tougher security

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's airport authority has been ordered to undertake stringent checks on all aircraft parked at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) after a second incident of suspected wire tampering of a Malaysia Airlines (MAS) aircraft in two months.

The Transport Ministry called for the introduction of closed-circuit television cameras and strict pre-flight checks as part of measures to bolster security, according to reports here yesterday.

This follows the discovery of snapped steering cables in a number of planes - the latest being on Wednesday.

Investigators believe these may have been cut by vandals.

Transport Minister Chan Kong Choy said all planes at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, south of the capital, would come under camera surveillance.

'Each and every plane has to be checked thoroughly before take-off,' he told reporters after opening an international conference on Chinese culture on Saturday.

'So there is no way a plane with some technical fault will be allowed to take off.'

National carrier Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and the police are investigating whether the latest incident involving a Boeing 777 plane was an accident or an act of vandalism.

In the incident on Wednesday, engineers found that a cable which allows pilots to turn the plane on the ground had snapped before the Bombay-bound jet was to take off with 280 passengers.

The wires in the nose wheel area of the aircraft were found cut during a pre-flight inspection, forcing a delay in the flight.

The incident came just weeks after several wires on a MAS passenger plane bound for Australia were found to have been cut shortly before take-off.

Three of the airline's staff were arrested after that Oct 2 incident.

But they were later released over what a spokesman described as an act of vandalism, not sabotage.

The Airbus A-330 was about to depart for Perth when the damage was discovered by a maintenance engineer.

It was grounded and the 300 passengers were put on board another aircraft.

Datuk Seri Chan said the government was concerned and had ordered an investigation into the latest incident.

He also gave the assurance that the airport and MAS authorities placed the utmost importance on the safety of passengers. -- AFP, The Star/Asia News Network, New Sunday Times
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