MH192: Pilot handled troubled flight well, says Hishammuddin
Acting
Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin shaking hands with the
Captain of flight MH192, Nor Adam Azmi Abdul Razak at KLIA. - Bernama
SEPANG: Acting Transport Minister
Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein praised the pilot of a troubled Malaysia
Airlines (MAS) flight that made a safe emergency landing at the Kuala
Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) early Monday, saying he had
discharged his duty in a professional manner.
"The passengers, despite being tired, expressed their admiration for
the pilot's skilful handling of the aircraft in making the emergency
landing safely without any harm to the passengers.
"They voiced this when I met them and they are most thankful to the
pilot," he told reporters at the KLIA Flight Management Building here.
Also present at the press conference was the pilot, Capt Nor Adam Azmi Abdul Razak, and several crew members.
Flight MH192, which departed for Bengaluru (Bangalore), India, with
159 passengers and seven crew at 10.09pm Sunday, suffered a landing gear
malfunction upon take-off and turned back to KLIA. It landed safely at
1.56am.
Hishammuddin had met the passengers at the KLIA satellite building soon after the emergency landing.
He also instructed MAS to prepare a report on the incident for the ministry and the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
"Although MAS is under Khazanah Nasional, we want a comprehensive report by Wednesday.
"This is because there have been many incidents involving MAS,
including the disappearance of Flight MH370. The report has to be handed
to my ministry and the Cabinet," he said.
As the press conference ended, pilot Nor Adam Azmi and co-pilot
Prakash Kumar declined to be interviewed by reporters and left with
Hishammuddin into an office in the building.
The Flight MH192 episode drew global reaction, especially from
netizens, as an air turn back by a MAS flight had come not long after
the disappearance of the Kuala Lumpur-Beijing MAS flight, MH370, on
March 8. That flight had also reportedly made an air turn back.
Flight MH370, carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew, left the KL
International Airport at 12.41am on March 8 and disappeared from radar
screens about an hour later, while over the South China Sea. It was to
have arrived in Beijing at 6.30am on the same day.
A multinational search was mounted for the aircraft, first in the
South China Sea and then, after it was learned that the plane had veered
off course, along two corridors - the northern corridor stretching from
the border of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to northern Thailand and the
southern corridor, from Indonesia to the southern Indian Ocean.
Following an unprecedented type of analysis of satellite data, United
Kingdom satellite telecommunications company Inmarsat and the UK Air
Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) concluded that Flight MH370 flew
along the southern corridor and that its last position was in the middle
of the Indian Ocean, west of Perth, Australia.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak then announced on March 24,
seventeen days after the disappearance of the aircraft, that Flight
MH370 "ended in the southern Indian Ocean".
Meanwhile, a passenger from Penang who declined to be named said the emergency landing was well coordinated.
"The pilot and crew members followed procedures correctly. It was
well handled and I did not panic," he said, adding that he had not
informed his family members yet of the incident.
Meanwhile, Australian Miranda Jason Juse, 30, said that due to the
professional action of the pilot and crew, all passengers felt calm
during the four hours that the flight circled above the Strait of
Malacca.
"The pilot was doing his best for a safe landing and the aircraft
landed completely softly. It was calm once we landed safely," he said.
All the passengers were relatively lethargic after the 'ordeal' but they
still had the strength to give reporters a smile, appreciative of the
fact that they were safe. – Bernama
The Star online
Monday 21 April,2014.
Give Thanks and grateful to Allah The Almighty ,The Most Gracious The Most Merciful who safe all passenger on board and never forget to congrats and appreciate The Excellence Pilot controlling the flight peacefully with safely landing at KLIA this morning - Subhanallah.csyahya victory.