Kota Bahru Skid
Bought the papers this afternoon, and it's not the kind of news I like. From the papers
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Scare at airport as MAS plane with 146 aboard skids on takeoff
KOTA BARU, Mon. — A Malaysia Airlines plane to Subang skidded from the taxi-way before takeoff during a thunderstorm at the Sultan Ismail Petra Airport in Pengkalan Chepa yesterday.
Airport manager Ahmad Ramli Mahmood said the incident occurred at 7.52pm as the plane, flight MH 1405, with 146 passengers on board, was leaving the apron to the runway for takeoff.
The passengers were boarded on an additional flight MH 5041 which arrived at the airport at 12.50pm and left at 1.35am today.
Ahmad Ramli said the incident however did not affect operations at the airport although the apron had to be closed. It also did not affect other flights from coming to and leaving the airport, although there were slight delays.
“With the closure of the airport apron, boarding and disembarking of passengers were done on the runway,” he said, adding that two air-conditioned buses were used to transport the passengers between the runway and the airport terminal, about half-a-kilometre distance.
Ahmad Ramli said efforts were made to tow the plane with the assistance of the relevant parties including Malaysia Airlines, Malaysia Airports Sdn Bhd and the Department of Civil Aviation.
“We managed to tow the plane to Bay No 1 at 12.05pm,” he said, adding that the airport apron was reopened at 12.3lpm today.
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Hmm..seems when we have a change of management, a mishap occurs. Remember when TR took over, we had Tawau.
Pilot's an expat holding from the Gulf holding Jordanian papers, ironically shares the same name as CP Safety. Hope this is a rare incident. We have to do everything we can to avoid this. MAS cannot afford any incident or for that matter an accident.
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