Malaysia Airlines (MAS) almost landed at the wrong airport...

[jetjockey696]

detikNews : Pesawat Malaysia Airlines Hampir Salah Mendarat di Bandara Kuala Namu (http://news.detik.com/read/2013/05/20/202758/2251187/10/pesawat-malaysia-airlines-hampir-salah-mendarat-di-bandara-kuala-namu?nd771104bcj)

I tried to translate the text... all i got was a badly word translation...
I hope some indonesian or malaysian person would translate it properly...

This time it was pilot error Malaysia Airlines (MAS). The plane landed in Kuala Namu International Airport in North Sumatra (North Sumatra).

Airport Authority chief Abdul Hani Region II states is still investigating this case. The collection is being carried out in-depth information.

"There had landed. Term only approach or approach, we are investigating the cause," said Abdul Hani told AFP in Medan, Monday (05/20/2013) night.

Information obtained said the incident occurred on Saturday (05/18/2013) at around 15:30 pm. The aircraft suddenly entered the airspace Kuala Namu Airport and was ready to descent to the runway.

Aware of the possibility of landing one of the planned location, pilots fly the plane back. Suspected Malaysian Airlines plane was flying from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and should have landed at Polonia Airport in Medan.

Kuala Namu International Airport is located in the district in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, in fact not yet in operation. New limited operations will begin next July. The airport will replace the central Polonia Medan.

[rotatejunkie]

Lucky for them there wasnt construction equipment on the runway.. Otherwise a disaster indeed...

[overmars]

Translation is not too bad.

"There had landed. Term only approach or approach, we are investigating the cause,"

Should be: "The aircraft did not land. It only got close to the runway. We are investigating"

"Aware of the possibility of landing one of the planned location, pilots fly the plane back."

Should be: When he realized that he was landing at the wrong airport, the pilots carried out a go-around."

:ok:

[Sky Dancer]

Bravo boys well done .....Next time just remember to look at your instruments also lah:ok:

[Hogger60]

Yes, do look down. If you don't see the mountains 10 miles from the approach end of RWY 05 filling up your radar with red, you are at the wrong airport.

[jetjockey696]

must be embarrassing from the malaysian king's of the sky.. must have been concentrating on bragging about how to fly NG.:E and then fly back to KL because got lost..:{

Not concentrating on the flight... kuala namu is huge and looks a lot better than Polonia....with 2 X 12300FT long runways.. Polonia is situated in medan city.. not in a isolated area.. and what Hogger60 said.