Azmir I.
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The gears were never down on approach.....It just flew above the runway with appropriate altitude
The flight that you mentioned earlier was done intentionally,it was to commemorate the retirement of 2x very senior Capts in AK (Capt KMT and Capt MN)
Thanks for the info and sharp lookout.
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If MH treats the A330 fleet at least equally as other WB fleets, I wouldn't be flying the B737 anymore.What do you expect Capt,MH/MAS is Boeing centric,when I was doing my line training on MH A333,they followed procedures from Boeing and not entirely Airbus,even some of the AEs were not in favor of that but what to do,ikut sajalah,very steep learning curve for us all but eventually they relented and allowed us to follow Airbus procedures since we are not gonna fly MH airplanes commercially.
The A330-300 is a beuatiful airplane in my opinion and a joy to fly while the A320 is like a sports car but must treat it with respect,but the PW 4168 powered planes engine start sequence is slower than the GE CF6-80E1A2.
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Many things seem to be falling off of airplanes lately... Here's another one:Atlantic Southeast CRJ2 at Lexington on Jul 29th 2008, part of engine cowling separates on landing
So now who are they gonna blame for all the lose panels,Airod Sdn Bhd,SME Sdn Bhd,ATSC Sdn Bhd or MIAT,MAS Aero?
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A350s XWB is still a conceptual plane...after Airbus decided to incorporates new changes to the previous A350s, the response is overwelming. MH should consider Boeing 787s and perhaps resquesting Boeing to further consider developing the stretch version of the Boeing 787-1000.The same thing goes for youre B787,its no different than the A350 XWB,the difference is it has already been built but is yet to fly.
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I wonder if Indonesia is building a new, bigger airport for Medan.
Saw this while flying in from PEn. It was north-east of Polonia, next to the coastline.
Its about time that they build a new airport which is safe from the surrounding terrain and have room for expansion.Have not flown to Medan/polonia for a while,but the same cannot be said about the airport at Jogjakarta,Solo,Bandung,Manado .Its nice that the new airport at Padang is pilot friendly(safe from surrounding terrain and ILS equipped) as opposed to the old airport.
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20000ft is pretty normal looking at the situation where you can only have oxygen for a normal person to breathe normally without the oxygen mask at 10000ft. So imagine if you were cruising at 40000ft
. The rupture might have been caused by the fatigue on the structure of the a/c.In any case,the pilots would have executed an emergency descent to a safer altitude and looking at the picture it looks like the area affected was around the starboard ACP (Aircond packs).
To any pilot,decompression is always taken seriously,be it at FL200 or FL 400.
I myself have experienced decompression once on the B733 while flying at FL350 from BKK to JHB and it happened just after passing over KBR.Luckily no one was seriously hurt.The same goes to the QF flight.
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I think here are pictures of those stored scooters somewhere in this forum, posted by a member a long time ago. Sorry can't think of a link to it now. Anyway the location is not accessible to general public.When I was based at Kuantan AFB between 1997-2000,I used to visit and check out the old A4PTMs at the isolated dispersals just north of No.17/19 Sqn complex,later the C.O of Kuantan AFB ordered the scooters to be placed into the bush behind the dispersal so as not to be an eyesore to the public,its now located near the artificial lake which we called it the "Falkland islands lake",near to the bomb dump "BAT-Base Ammo Terminal".
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Hopefully the aircraft will become an artificial reef and finally becomes something useful to mankind and nature.Just hope that more bombers and fighters will crash.
Been to Guam for a couple of times while still serving with RMAF.They have 3 airfields on Guam,Agana NAS belongs to US Navy,Guam International and Andersen AFB,HQ to 13th Air Force - no operational units based there.While at Andersen AFB saw the Arc Light memorial,dedicated to crews who fail to return from combat missions over Vietnam,names included a Brigadier General as one of those who didnt return.
Guam is popular with tourists from Japan and South Korea,it has some of the most beautiful sandy beaches in the Pacific,even better than the ones in Malaysia and they are very clean inded,unlike ours.
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I wonder what aircraft are they using?If the flight is from KUL,its almost certain its an A320.There are no more B733 in KUL or JHB.In fact about 3 years ago,we used to do charters to Guilin on the B733.Its within range for B733 and its almost certain within the range of A320.Ive flown before to Nanning,Guilin and Haikou when AXM/AK used to do charters with the B733.Even before that,used to do charters to Subic Bay,flight was at night,arrival at Subic Bay around 12 midnight and arrival back at KUL in wee hours around 0430H.Infact I did the last charter for AXM/AK to Subic Bay before they switched to Clark Field for scheduled flights.
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Contradicting news! Quoting yeadrian from another thread:Capt, I believe it's 35 firm order with 20 on option.
Does the B738 suitable to replace MH's current A333s? If it is, then maybe MH has a strong reason to exersize the 20 aircrafts on option. Or maybe MH can change it to B739ER for more capacity?
Yes En.Azizul,the B739ER is perfectly suited for flights to Xiamen or Kunming whereby the loads does not warrant an aircraft the size of A333 but has the range rather than the shorter legged B734.
Almost certainly those planes will come fitted with the Aviation Partners "fuel reducing winglets" considering the current high cost of fuel.
Anyway,I am almost certain our intrepid Capt Radzi will be gleeming with joy once the new planes start coming online,thats if hes not promoted to the much vaunted B772ER.
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MAS To Formalise Deal To Buy 55 Aircraft From Boeing On WednesdayLONDON, July 15 (Bernama) -- Malaysia Airlines (MAS) will formalise the deal with the U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing to buy up to 55 B737-800 aircraft at the Farnborough Airshow Wednesday.
In announcing the purchase last March as part of its fleet expansion programme, the national carrier said the total cost of the 55 aircraft was US$4.2 billion.
MAS will take delivery of the aircraft from September 2010 onwards.
The Farnborough Airshow outside London is the largest show for the aerospace industry and the public in the United Kingdom.
-- BERNAMA
Thought MH only wants the confirm 30 x B738s without the optional 25 x B738s.So which is which?
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owe so much to MAHB still can buy aircraft?Ouch,you must be pretty pissed off with AXM/AK,but were talking about XAX/D7.
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Off topic here,heard from the rumor mill,for flights to India AXM/AK will dedicate the -214 series (CFM-56-5B4) engines for those routes and possibility of ETOPS certified.
As for XAX/D7,ETOPS certification is expected at the end of 2008.New destinations will be Tianjin,Perth,Melbourne (Avalon/Tullamarine?),daily flights to Goldcoast,and possibility to Korea and Japan.A330-343E msn 952 (seat capacity 380+/MTOW 230T) is expected in Oct 08 and the second either in late Nov or early Dec 08.
XAX/D7 will get an A340-300 from Air Canada in early Jan 09 for flights to UK (Stansted?)
Due to ongoing friction between AXM boss with MAS boss,MH not interested to undertake any Sim or SEP training for A330 crews from XAX,so for now,all new CCQ (cross crew qual trg) will be carriedout at Airbus Training in TLS and Sim recurrent at Zhuhai untill XAX gets its own sim in the near future.
IAA/QZ gets new DFO (Capt Sonny) while Capt Erwin will oversee the induction of A320 into IAA/QZ service.
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Correct Uncle Norman.This is Natuna Island. There are many lizards (biawak besar) comodo on this islands.
Riau Airlines fly to Natuna & Matak from Batam & Tanjung Pinang.
The airfield on Pulau Natuna Besar belongs to TNI-AU (Indon Air Force),and not open to public without prior notice.RMAF used to land SAR aircraft during SAREX and during the search for the late Lt Wahi Annuar (A4PTM MIA)
Komodo dragons only lives on Pulau Komodo and the surrounding islands near Nusa Tenggara (East of Bali - West of Timor)
On flights to East Malaysia,especially if weather is permitting you can see Matak Island airfield on Pulau Annambas near Airways M758 near waypoint LUSMO and after that is Pulau Natuna Besar with Ranai AFB.
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Possibly many have jumped ship awaiting Cebu Pacific's upcoming offering on same route ?Last Sat (5/7/08) ,did KUL/KBR/KUL/BKI/KUL,on the return flight from KBR,the MH pob was 40 against my total pob of 156.
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I read the FY advertisement yesterday on The Star Newpaper (see pic below).After that I asked the FY staff at PEN. They said this new route will start by the end of
this year or early next year. I think, maybe FY will use new ATR for long haul destination???
Those routes and destinations hardly can be called long haul routes,even by turboprop standards.Ive flown on a turboprop aircraft across the CONUS from ATL to SFO,then SFO to HNL,HNL to KJL,KJL to Guam to KUL,on delivery flight from Lockheed Martin.
Long haul should be flights above a certain number of distance and duration.For turboprop aircraft,thats not much difference with a jet aircraft if flight times are 1 hour or less.
But its good that "fireflyz is flying to more destinations,good for us consumers.
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My dear pilots,I have seen countless cases where ground staffs really testing out captains' ability of decision making. Here are a few examples:
1. A child with chicken pox, day 10, dried, having doctor's letter stating she is fit to fly.
2. A lady on the 36th week of pregnancy, having doctor's letter stating she is able to travel by air.
3. An infant, 5 days old, yet doctor gives written green light to travel by air.
and the list goes on... cases with proof to deny SOPs.
My question is this. What would a pilot/captain take into consideration in order to answer these queries? Would it make any difference if it's a short sector? Would you let any of these passengers onboard your flight? It's 3am & i'm sleepy, this is as far as my question goes, for now. Hope i could be enlightened by some kind souls here.
Victor
I believe each company has its own SEP (safety emergency procedures) with regards to the carriage of sick persons as mention above.almost all will be rejected from boarding regardless of the doctors letter.
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wow.. nice Military addition to the RMAF fleet in the far future.. but the blades of the C130J is far more pleasing to the eye.. this one looks exageratedly fat and ugly..
Vibration levels very high on the C130J,thats one of the reason why RAAF bought the C17s.(Told by RAAF C130J crew from no.37 Sqn)
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very funny
airasia want to be 5 star service..tak logik betul..service in board pun kelam kabut,layan passager pun tak pass lagi....he he ..cakap tak serba bikinlah ak..sent your staff to be fully training first..
Shouldnt it be "served on board" instead of "inboard - dalam/tengah", "sent youre staff ..... (past tense?) or send youre staffs,most illogical Mr Spock
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1 + 25 on order.A340s will be Q1 2009.
Let's see how long this budget long haul carrier will last.
Very ambitious plans.Thanks for youre expert opinion on D7.MSN 952 (A330-343) is expected to arrive in Oct 08.Tonight (18/6/08) Im flying to OOL.And by the way the average load factor to either OOL and HGH is over 75%,no kidding,coz Ive been flying on MSN 054 (9M-XAA) since Nov 07 to OOL.
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This MMEA body seem to have sprung up only within the last few years - was it known as something else before ?Surely there must be some overlap of functions with the marine police and (to lesser extent) the navy ?
Definitely you dont know how law enforcement works in the high seas.The RMN main job is to defend against external threat to Malaysia from the maritime perspective whereas the Marine Police is for inshore enforcement or littoral waters.The Navy does not have the power to arrest and charge civilians in court,that can only be made by the RMP,so here comes the Coast Guard or MMEA.Then the Navy can concentrate on major combattant vessels such as Frigates,Corvettes ,Submarines and Multipurpose Support Vessels and let the MMEA get those patrol boats and OPVs.Also the other responsibility for MMEA is Maritime rescue.
This aircraft could only fly 5 hours max. What a waste of money. Should have bought several patrol boats or even UAVs.I dunno what the PM Department(who is in charge of MMEA finances) is thinking.I am not too sure whether we have expertise to maintain such an aircraft. It will surely be more hard to maintain due to marine corrosion.Maintaining aircrafts on the grouns is hard enough as it is..let alone one that constantly exposed to sea water.
The mission that is envisaged for the CL 415MP will not only be maritime patrol but will also encompass rescue.When they do a goverment purchase of this magnitude ofcourse they will include a total training package,from operations to maintainance crew.Previuosly the RMAF had operated amphibuos airplanes (2 x Grumman Albatross operated by No.1 Sqn)
If you want to know what a waste of money is;
the buying of the ACJ 9M - NAA and letting a private company run it and charge the goverment for its usage.
only now just about to upgrade if any public transport systems in country ie LRT,Monorail,Busses
just now wants to start double tracking project for KTM after the cost have inflated (southern portion only)
no rail transport for the so called second link to Penang (instead of having a public viewing area in the middle of the bridge?)
wasting so much goverment funds for the refurbishment of the Parliament building but forgot to change the electrical wiring.
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BY CAR8.00am - depart from my sister house at Indera Mahkota
10.30 am - arrive at Shah Alam
BY AK
8.00 am - depart from home to Kuantan Airport
8.20 am - Check Inn (remember check inn counter close 30minutes before depatures)
8.45 am - ETD
9.25 am - Arrive at KLIA
9.45 am - take ur baggage
10.30 am - arrive at Shah Alam
for me, if do not want tired better choose AK, but i u have more lot of movement from one
place to other place better use car.
Thanks for youre factual timings for the sector KUA - KUL.Let others judge by themselves whether they would take a flight or drive.Personally,Ive driven from KUA to KUL on weekends during my tour of duty in RMAF Kuantan,back then there was no ECE,and the drive was supposed to be 5 hours but we usually do it in 3 .5 hours.Any ways,anybody going to KUA on 27/6/08?I will be the PIC on that flight,doing KUL-KUA-KUL-SIN-KUL,if there is no changes to the roster,it seems the roster is getting to fluid these days at AK and D7.
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Hmm...second-hand A345's on the market...HUGE market here in the middle east for them. Let the bidding war begin!
Not much for A345,poor load,cant take any underbelly cargo due to underfloor taken up by aux tank unless in pure premium flight (bussiness class suite).Thats why Air Canada got rid of theirs earlier and now TG.
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we are the first one in d world.
:rofl: must be a typo there..
obviuosly a major malfunction during typing.meant to be B777-200ER instead of wrong fingering went for -400.
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The bugger who prang 9M-AFA really dont know how to land aircraft,dont know finals tech which is taught at flight school.Also he is a bit cocky and abit arrogant,poor listenout while in flight,argued with flight instructor and also with AE when advised that his tech was wrong.had a couple of hard landings after 9M-AFA incident,me included,heard from management his days in AK is numbered.