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  1. RT shown can't be original or actual RT made by pilots, someone created it, especially on request for level 100. TRL is130 and TA is 11000 ft. So if the pilots requested then it should be " request decent to 11000 ft"
  2. Malaysia Airlines incorporated (05-May-2014) an offshore company under the name 'MAS B738 EXIM (L) LIMITED' at a paid up capital of USD1 in cash for its operation Does anyone know about this? This article appeared in CAPA news
  3. KK Lee, even though the pax load has dropped but cargo is still doing well which B738 has limited cargo space and they are not palletised
  4. The statements and questions have been discussed and posted on blogs and forums since 8 Mar, so where has Mahathir been. Why it took him almost 2 months to say so
  5. I also hope plans are in the pipeline to have a full parallel taxiway to the west of the existing Runway 32L/14R to fully utilise KUL's runway Geoff, I think to the left of Rwy 32L, there is a sewage processing plant. Could some one confirm it
  6. MAS B744 status remains unchanged. Only 1 B744 9MMPP is reactivated to provide backup for A380 operation till next year when all A380s wing rib repair completed.
  7. He might be a minister but has he got an ATC controller's licence to instruct an aircraft to land.
  8. It will depart from where you want to start the journey!!!
  9. And you believed the media! What are the ICAO codes for LCCT and KLIA2? Is it WMKK, WMKK2 and WMKK3
  10. Let's get the fact right. It's only one airport KUL/WMKK with 3 runways and 3 terminals (4 if MTB and Sat are considered separately). Other airports also have many runways and many terminals. For your info AMS has 6 runways.
  11. Pilot may have tried to save plane, heading to Langkawi airport due to emergency MARCH 18, 2014 The green line, showing the flight path as detected by military and commercial radar, shows that the pilot may have been heading towards Pulau Langkawi to land the aircraft after a cockpit emergency. - The Malaysian Insider graphic, March 18, 2014. After more than 10 days and numerous theories as to the whereabouts of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370, the Business Insider has reported of an alternative theory proposed by a former pilot, which has emerged as a very plausible cause for the disappearance of the aircraft. A few days ago, American Chris Goodfellow had written his simple case on his Google+ page on what he believed happened to the missing aircraft. Goodfellow had based his theory on the key information of the turn back move shortly after the aircraft had left Malaysian airspace off the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. His theory suggests that all relevant officials, investigators and the international media are overthinking the incident behind the disappearance of flight MH370. Based on Goodfellow's theory, the following is what could have transpired on board the aircraft, and more specifically in the cockpit: Shortly after takeoff, as MAS flight MH370 was flying out over the South China Sea, smoke began filling the cockpit, perhaps from a tyre on the front landing gear that had ignited on take-off. The captain immediately did exactly what he had been trained to do, that is to find the closest airport and turn the plane toward it so he could land. The closest appropriate airport was in Pulau Langkawi, as it had a massive 13,000-foot runway that could cater for the Boeing 777-200. The pilot was likely to have known that beforehand, as any experienced pilot with more than 18,000 flying hours under his belt would. The captain programmed the destination into the flight computer. The auto-pilot turned the plane west and put it on a course right for the runway. The pilot did not consider returning to Kuala Lumpur International Airport because the plane would have to cross over a mountain range in between. He knew the terrain to Langkawi would be friendlier and also a shorter distance to cover. The captain and co-pilot tried to find the source of the smoke and fire, but it soon filled the cockpit and overwhelmed them (a tyre fire would do this). Such a fire could also short-circuit the cockpit systems one by one, including the transponder. Quite possibly, both pilots had passed out or died by then. With no one awake to instruct the auto-pilot to land, the plane kept flying on its last programmed course... right over Pulau Langkawi and out over the Indian Ocean. Eventually, six or seven hours after the incident, it ran out of fuel and crashed. Goodfellow further elaborated that Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah did all the right things. "He was confronted by some major event onboard that made him make that immediate turn back to the closest safe airport. "For me the loss of transponders and communications makes perfect sense if in the event of a fire, and especially an electrical fire. The first response is to pull all the main busses and restore circuits one by one until you have isolated the bad one. "However, if they pulled the busses, the plane indeed would go silent. It was probably a serious event and they simply were occupied with controlling the plane and trying to fight the fire. "Aviate, navigate and lastly communicate," Goodfellow wrote on the priority that is set for pilots to follow in the event of any emergency. According to Goodfellow's theory, one possibility, given the timeline on how the fire started and then spread is that perhaps there was an overheat on one of the front landing gear tires and it blew on takeoff and started slowly burning. This could happen with under-inflated tires. He added: "This pilot was a hero struggling with an impossible situation trying to get that plane to Langkawi. No doubt in my mind. That's the reason for the turn and direct route. "A hijack would not have made that deliberate left turn with a direct heading for Langkawi. It would probably have weaved around a bit until the hijackers decided on where they were taking it. "Surprisingly none of the reporters, officials and other pilots interviewed have looked at this from the pilot's viewpoint. If something went wrong where would he go? Thanks to Google Earth, I spotted Langkawi in about 30 seconds, zoomed in and saw how long the runway was and I just instinctively knew this pilot knew this airport. "He had probably flown there many times. Also, another good clue would be the age and number of cycles on those nose tyres." According to Business Insider this theory fits the facts and makes sense, most especially because it explains the manual course change as well as the "pings" that a satellite kept hearing from the plane hours after the communications systems went down. – March 18, 2014.
  12. 1. Why 3-4 tons of mangosteen? It's very vague. CEO could have mentioned the exact weight since all recorded in the cargo manifest 2. All conversations between pilots and ATC are recorded by ATC for record purposes.
  13. For 1 week nobody could come out with evidence on the missing B777. We were lost. But suddenly after the arrival of American teams FAA, NTSB, AAIB and most probably FBI and CIA, we decided it was a hijack. Hmmm
  14. A question was asked by one of the journalists to MAS CEO on ADs and SBs Airworthiness Directives and Service Bulletins What are the differences between Airworthiness Directives and Service Bulletins? ANSWER: Airworthiness Directives (AD) are issued when the FAA finds that an unsafe condition exists in a product (aircraft, aircraft engine, propeller, or appliance.) These AD's notify aircraft owners and operators of potential unsafe conditions and require special inspections, repairs, or alterations to correct the unsafe condition. Service Bulletins (SB) are notices to aircraft operators from a manufacturer notifying them of a product improvement. Alert service bulletins are issued by the manufacturer when a condition exists that the manufacturer feels is a safety related item as opposed to just a product improvement. These SB's usually result in the FAA issuing an AD. The AD will reference the alert service bulletin as a method of compliance with the airworthiness directive. If a service bulletin is not an alert service bulletin or a bulletin referenced in an AD, it becomes optional and may or may not be incorporated by the operator.
  15. Boeing says Malaysia jet not subject to FAA inspection order (Reuters) - Boeing Co on Wednesday said the missing 777 Malaysia Airlines jetliner was not subject to a new U.S. safety directive that ordered additional inspections for cracking and corrosion on certain 777 planes. The Federal Aviation Administration last week ordered additional, repeated inspections of certain Boeing 777 aircraft, warning that corrosion and cracking could lead to rapid decompression and damage to the structure of the aircraft. The Federal Aviation Administration told airlines to inspect U.S. registered aircraft for cracking, corrosion and potential repairs after receiving a report about a 16-inch crack in the fuselage skin underneath an adapter for the airplane's satellite communications antenna. Boeing said it worked closely with the FAA to monitor the fleet for potential safety issues and take appropriate actions. But it said the 777-200ER Malaysia Airlines aircraft did not have that antenna installed and was not subject to the FAA order.
  16. I am puzzled too. Earlier report indicated that there were Peking MAS staff onboard, so they might be on standby but the flight was not full.
  17. Its pilot Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, 53, told the Subang Airport ground control "Okay, roger. Good day" when he acknowledged receipt of the communication code for the plane's tracking, before the flight came under Ho Chi Minh City air traffic control. Which one is correct.
  18. My question was really about the FY photo-taking...if on the AT7, how would one know the guest was taking photos in the cockpit, given the cargo bay? Hence, the question whether it was the F50 6 yrs ago? I think all F50s were gone then except Maswings! Correct?
  19. Yes smoking is not permitted in any part of the airplane but being commanders, they usually are the first one to break the rules and don't give a damn about it
  20. At 27 is young but he has accumulated enough hours for B777 rating.
  21. It's about time a second satellite is built. I hope,it's sooner than later especially for A380s operation
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