A mid-air incident in Asia is popping heads in the airline trade, after a Malaysia Airlines flight from capital KL to Borneo dipped its nose and dropped abruptly, allegedly flying erratically earlier than turning back to Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
The incident happened final Sunday, however has solely now come to mild after passengers posted their tales on social media, prompting the airline to release an announcement. They said the plane from KLIA turned again as a outcome of “technical issues” after encountering inclement climate along the route to Borneo island metropolis of Tawau in Sabah. The plane in question was an 8 yr old Boeing 737-800, the same model of aircraft that crashed in southern China last month, killing all 132 passengers and crew.
Flight MH2664 had reportedly been cruising at an altitude of 9,450 metres, when it took an unexpected dive, dropping greater than 2,a hundred meters in a matter of seconds, earlier than it was stabilised at 7,315 metres.
Meanwhile, an online flight radar tracker exhibits the plane dropping abruptly from 7,620 to 7,010m… a drop of 610 metres over just a 1 minute interval. Passengers declare the entire terrifying incident lasted for about 10 minutes as the plane flew erratically.
Passenger Halimah Nasoha posted about her experience some half-hour into the mid-afternoon flight, saying many passengers panicked, screamed and some have been crying because the plane misplaced altitude sharply…
“It was very horrifying for many people. I really felt like I was going to die… The flight was unstable. It went up and then went down. But, the primary time it went downwards was the worst.”
She recounted how she ‘floated’ out of her seat because her seat belt was unfastened because the seat belt indicators have been turned off at that time (airlines at all times suggest you keep your seat belt fixed, even when the seat belt signal is off).
The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia stated they’ll be analyzing the plane’s inner Flight Data Monitoring System, but point out the pilots seem to have responded appropriately. An aircraft’s FDMS screens and data all flight data profiles, based on CAAM chief govt Captain Datuk Chester Voo Chee Soon…
“Preliminary knowledge has proven correct responses by the working crew following the issue onboard…. CAAM will continue to observe the state of affairs and will not compromise on any issues that may jeopardise the security and security of airline operations and the basic public.”
“The aircraft made an air turn-back to Kuala Lumpur International Airport as per the required safety procedures and landed safely at 5.03pm… The pilot in command and co-pilot managed the technical concern safely and returned to Kuala Lumpur for the required upkeep motion.”
Unconditional said CAAM had confirmed that following a technical issue experienced on board, Malaysia Airlines had submitted a “Mandatory Occurrence Report” regarding flight MH2664 from Kuala Lumpur to Tawau on Sunday. Since the incident, CAAM has been working with Malaysia Airlines to verify they had addressed all features of technical security, and noticed the security procedures and rules, together with pilot responses and airworthiness processes for the Boing 737-800..