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    I think someone should write an article in the newspaper highlighting who are spotters and what we do. Among some of the indirect benefits from us is introducing local airport such as KLIA as not only an airport, but a tourist attraction. Our posting here has put KLIA as one of the places to visit for plane spotting and this brings in foreign tourist, like Uncle Pieter. Some of our spotters had also gain recognition as top notch photography as evidence on A.net.

     

    This issue is similar to backpacking when the trend first appeared in Malaysia. During those time nobody knows how to handle this group of tourist. Our 5-star hotel doesn't allow their guest to just sleep at the corner. Now it is an accepted form of tourism and almost everything is geared towards this, bunk beds, shared bathroom, cybercafe charging RM2/hour etc.

     

    Any volunteer for the benefits of all M'Wingers since my English is not that good ?? :drinks:

     

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    Found this...but sorry due i cannot find in english version..

     

    "Source from UTUSAN MALAYSIA"

     

     

    Sokong nama 'Mahathir' ganti KLIA

     

    ALOR SETAR 24 Feb. - Ketua Menteri Melaka, Datuk Seri Mohd. Ali Rustam berkata, cadangan supaya Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur (KLIA) ditukar nama kepada Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Mahathir sebagai langkah yang cukup baik.

     

    Bagaimanapun, kata beliau, terpulang kepada kerajaan mempertimbangkan cadangan tersebut yang mengambil sempena nama bekas Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad itu.

     

    "Cadangan tukar nama baik, di Melaka pun kerajaan negeri memutuskan menukar nama Lapangan Terbang Batu Berendam kepada Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Melaka," katanya.

     

    Beliau berkata demikian kepada pemberita selepas majlis pelancaran Buku Semangat Keris Melayu oleh Sultan Kedah, Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah di sini hari ini.

     

    Mohd. Ali mengulas laporan akhbar hari ini mengenai cadangan Majlis Bekas Wakil Rakyat Malaysia (Mubarak) supaya KLIA ditukar nama kepada Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Mahathir bagi menghargai sumbangan bakti Dr. Mahathir.

     

     

    Hope Datuk Seri Mohd. Ali Rustam will reconsider his suggestion after watching this documentary done by Australia

     

    Broadcasting Company.. Hope can refresh your memory about this case which happened about decades ago.

     

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=54...r+ibrahim"" target="_blank">Click here to watch this ABC documantary

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    If it closes on 13th, do we have enough time to submit our form? because Spm results will only be release then.

     

    Ya, like what LeeTZ said, gather all the supporting documents now. Then after the SPM result is released, don't go for celebration

     

    party with friends first but get back home A.S.A.P and apply for it. :drinks:

     

    *Also pray that Streamyx line will not be in snail pace that day and all the best

     

     

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    The radar detects water droplets in clouds, thus painting the weather radar with green/yellow/red/magenta colors. Magenta being the most intense and should be avoided at all cost. We can detect how much weather is ahead by tilting the weather radar accordingly. In thick clouds, especially the Cumulonimbus type (storm clouds) has lots of unstable air inside causing updrafts and downdrafts. It'll be very uncomfortable/dangerous and that's why we avoid these clouds.

     

    Even when flying near jet streams or near mountainous area would sometimes cause turbulence. If you're flying into KLIA on an afternoon flight during the approach you would probably notice more "bumps" then any other time of the day. And if you're coming in from the east, when you're descending just before Seremban area you would sometimes experience mountain waves.

     

    Thanks you for the clear explanations .. :drinks:

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    Source: Yahoo News

     

    AMSTERDAM – A Turkish Airlines plane with 135 people aboard slammed into a muddy field while attempting to land at Amsterdam's main airport Wednesday. Nine people were killed and more than 50 were injured, many in serious condition, officials said.

     

    The Boeing 737-800 fractured into three pieces on impact. The fuselage split in two, close to the cockpit, and the tail broke off. One engine lay almost intact near the wreck in the muddy field and the other was some 200 yards (meters) from the plane and heavily damaged, an Associated Press photographer at the scene said.

     

    Flight TK1951 left Istanbul's Ataturk Airport at 8:22 a.m. (0622 GMT, 0122 EST) bound for Amsterdam, then crashed at 1031 a.m. (0931 GMT, 0431 EST) next to a runway at Schiphol Airport.

     

    Turkish Transport Minister Binali Yildirim said it was "a miracle" there were not more casualties.

     

    "The fact that the plane landed on a soft surface and that there was no fire helped keep the number of fatalities low," he said.

     

    Survivor Huseyin Sumer told Turkish NTV television he crawled to safety out of a crack in the fuselage.

     

    "We were about to land, we could not understand what was happening, some passengers screamed in panic but it happened so fast," Sumer said. He said the crash was over in five to 10 seconds.

     

    The fact that the plane landed in a muddy, plowed field may have contributed to making the accident less deadly by absorbing much of the force of the hard impact, experts said. It may also have helped avert a fire resulting from ruptured fuel tanks and lines on the underside of the fuselage, which appeared to have suffered very heavy impact damage.

     

    Hours after the crash, emergency crews still swarmed around the plane's cockpit.

     

    At first, the airline said everyone survived. But at a news conference later, Michel Bezuijen, acting mayor of Haarlemmermeer, reported the fatalities.

     

    "At this moment there are nine victims to mourn and more than 50 injured," he said. At least 25 of the injured were in serious condition and crew members were among those hurt.

     

    He said there was no immediate word on the cause of the crash.

     

    Turkey's state-run Anatolia news agency said pilots Hasan Tahsin, Olcay Ozgur and Murat Sezer were not injured. The agency quoted Turkish civil aviation officials but did not identify them by name.

     

    The Turkish ambassador to the Netherlands, Selahattin Alpar, told Anatolia there were 72 Turks and 32 Dutch people on board. There was no information on the nationality of other passengers.

     

    Candan Karlitekin, the head of the airline's board of directors, told reporters that visibility was good at the time of landing.

     

    "Visibility was clear and around 5,000 yards (4,500 meters). Some 550 yards (500 meters) before landing; the plane landed on a field instead of the runway," he said.

     

    "We have checked the plane's documents and there is no problem concerning maintenance," he added.

     

    Turkish Airlines chief Temel Kotil said the captain, Tahsin, was very experienced and a former air force pilot. Turkish officials said the plane was built in 2002 and last underwent thorough maintenance on Dec. 22.

     

    Gideon Evers, spokesman of the International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations, said the cause of the crash remained unclear. There was no indication that the crash had anything to do with fuel levels, Evers said, adding that regulations require all commercial flights to carry ample reserves.

     

    "Certainly it appears to be an unusual circumstance, but as always the sensible course of action is to wait for the results of the investigation," he said.

     

    According to mandatory limits, a passenger airliner must carry sufficient fuel to get to its destination, remain in holding patterns for 45 minutes, possibly divert to an alternate airport, hold for another 45 minutes, and then carry out a normal approach.

     

    The initial impact with the ground appeared to have sheared off the hot engines, which could have ignited leaking fuel, and the loose soil would have absorbed it — further decreasing the risk of fire.

     

    The Dutch government pledged a swift investigation.

     

    "Our thoughts go out to the people who were in the plane and of course also to those who are now waiting in uncertainty to hear about the fate of their loved ones," a government statement said.

     

    Wim Kok, a spokesman for the Dutch Anti-Terror Coordinator's office, said terrorism did not appear to be a factor.

     

    "There are no indications whatsoever (of a terror attack)," Kok said.

     

     

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