rayner 0 Report post Posted April 17, 2010 Kota Kinabalu airport shut for 2 hours after bomb foundBy MUGUNTAN VANAR KOTA KINABALU: The Kota Kinabalu international airport, undergoing expansion works, was shut down for two hours on Saturday after a WWII bomb was discovered on the runway. Flights were diverted to Labuan between 8.30am and 10.30am until the bomb was removed by the bomb disposal squad. The airport is now reopened. http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/4/17/nation/20100417115630&sec=nation Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Samuel Chy 0 Report post Posted April 17, 2010 wonder which part of the runway. hahaha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aaronhiew 0 Report post Posted April 17, 2010 Maybe near previous Sabah Turf Club , lols... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zeqa 1 Report post Posted April 17, 2010 I thought it was the ash from Iceland Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andi C 0 Report post Posted April 17, 2010 'on the runway'? That can't be from WW2 (or this reporter has poor command of preposition/grammar?) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Samuel Chy 0 Report post Posted April 17, 2010 perhaps on the surface? haha~ just now BI send in their 763 according to Louis. hehe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alvin Liew 0 Report post Posted April 17, 2010 Wow... Nervous... Terrible... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ignatius 4 Report post Posted April 17, 2010 could tat explain all the patches on the runway hhhahaha... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Samuel Chy 0 Report post Posted April 18, 2010 the report from local paper. the bomb found right behind Global Upline Sdn Bhd side office that area, between Charlie taxiway and the runway, if i not mistaken. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zeqa 1 Report post Posted April 18, 2010 perhaps on the surface? haha~ just now BI send in their 763 according to Louis. hehe http://www.brudirect.com/index.php/2010041719698/Fourth-Stories/rba-flight-from-manila-diverted-to-kota-kinabalu-due-to-technical-snag.html Bandar Seri Begawan - A Royal Brunei Airlines (RBA) flight from Manila was diverted to Kota Kinabalu yesterday after the pilot detected a technical fault with one of the aircraft's engines. A press release from RBA said that flight B1682 was flying from Manila to Brunei when the pilot detected the trouble. As a safety precaution, the pilot immediately requested priority landing at the nearest airport, which was Kota Kinabalu. The flight landed without incident at 9.11am. A spokesperson from RBA told The Brunei Times that there were 150 passengers on board. The passengers were delayed in Kota Kinabalu for approximately three hours while the engine trouble was being fixed. Arrangements were made to ensure passengers' needs were taken care of. the press release stressed. They were subsequently flown back to Bandar Seri Begawan on the same day. "Safety of its passengers and crew are of the utmost priority to Royal Brunei Airlines, and its flight crew are trained to take safety precautions when in any doubt," the press release said. Meanwhile, AirAsia flight AK6212 bound for Brunei was turned back to Kota Kinabalu yesterday due to bad weather, according to a text message received by The Brunei Times from one of the 80 passengers aboard the diverted flight. The plane left Kota Kinabalu at 6.15pm and was scheduled to land at 7pm in Brunei. The message said that after two failed attempts to land, the captain of the plane decided to turn back. The plane landed in Kota Kinabalu at 7.50pm. As of press time, the plane was still schedule to depart Kota Kinabalu at 11.15pm.-- Courtesy of The Brunei Times Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
