RobK 0 Report post Posted February 8, 2011 Just listening to the HF box and Singapore working MAS2662, AXM5182, RBA874 giving them all re-routing after OLKIT via M759 G580 due to gun fire at Kinabalu?! Sounds serious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sanjay Thaker 0 Report post Posted February 8, 2011 Surface to air gun firing usually means gun firing drills carried out by Armed Forces. Nothing very serious actually if thats the same thing happening in this case. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cire 0 Report post Posted February 8, 2011 wow... gun fire at the airport !! ?? there wasn't much good news in the e-papers as well.. many jumps off buildings, thrown out, brutally battered , etc.. wow ! what's going on in Msia? Surface to air gun firing usually means gun firing drills carried out by Armed Forces. Nothing very serious actually if thats the same thing happening in this case. ...but then the armies could just do that anytime any day? Without advising the airlines especially about the exercise? Its pretty serious nevertheless. Who's gonna pay for the rerouting and answers to the passengers who could have missed a connecting flights or an important meeting? sigh.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Radzi 2 Report post Posted February 8, 2011 Direct flight OLKIT-VJN will bring you over a danger area not sure of the designation, which could means military activity ("gun firing") by the Brunei Armed Forces. If the danger area is active (as per NOTAM) then flights will be routed via OLKIT-BRU-VJN. The extra distance and time is almost negligible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Waiping 12 Report post Posted February 8, 2011 Maybe got Somali pirates. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zeqa 1 Report post Posted February 8, 2011 ^^Abu Sayaf maybe.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andi C 0 Report post Posted February 8, 2011 What's going on? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sandeep G 1 Report post Posted February 9, 2011 NOTAM Available from WBFC Airspace: Applicable to an area approximately the same location as WB®-517 CORRIDOR. Highlighted portions aapply to what RobK mentioned in his original post for the thread. Nothing exciting here it looks like, just navy firing exercises. D124/11 ROYAL BRUNEI NAVY WILL BE CONDUCTING LIVE FRNG EXER WI AREA BOUNDED, BY THE FLW COORDS: 0520N 11440E 0520N 11410E 0540N 11410E 0540N 11425E 0525N 11440E BECAUSE OF NEW SOUTH CHINA SEA ATS ROUTES STRUCTURE DRG ACTIVATION PERIODS OF THE ABOVE DANGER AREA, THE FLW ATS PROC SHALL BE ADOPTED FOR ALL FLTS OPR AT FL370 AND BLW BTN SEGMENTS OF THE ATS ROUTES IN KINABALU FIR NAMELY : A )M768 BTN ASISU AND MAMOK B )M768 BTN ASISU AND BRU VOR C )M758 BTN OLKIT AND VJN VOR D )W441 M758 BTN VLB VOR, DOGOG AND OLKIT E )DIVERSSIONARY ROUTE Y445 FOR RNAV ROUTE M768 PROCEDURES : A ) M768 BTN ASISU AND MAMOK ACFT EASTBOUND ON AWY M768 AFTER PASSING ASISU SHOULD TRACK AWY Y445. ON PASSING LEDAM TRACK AWY M759 TO BRU AND THEREAFTER TRACK DCT TO MAMOK JOINING AWY M758 TO DEST AND VICE VERSA. B ) M768 BTN ASISU AND BRU VOR ACFT OPR ON RNAV ROUTE M768 IS TO FLY BRU/M749/LEDAM/Y445/ASISU TO REJOIN M768 AND VICE VERSA. C ) M758 BTN OLKIT AND VJN VOR 1.ACFT EASTBOUND ON AWY M758 AFTER PASSSING OLKIT SHALL TRACK ON AEY M759/B348 TO VJN VOR.ALL OTHER OVERFLTS BEYOND WBKK SHALL PROCEED TO DEST VIA FLT PLANNED ROUTES AFTER VJN VOR. 2.DEP FM WBKK ON M758 SHALL RE-ROUTE ON AWY Y446 PADLO Y447 AND JOIN M758 AT OLKIT. 3.OVERFLTS WESTBOUND AFTER PASSING VJN VOR SHALL TRACK ON Y446 PADLO Y447 AND JOIN M758 AT OLKIT. D ) W441/M758 BTN VLB VOR, DOGOG AND OLKIT 1.ACFT EASTBOUND ON M758/W441 TO WBKL SHALL ROUTE AWY M759.AFTER PASSING BRU TRACK DCT TO VLB VOR. 2.ACFT DEP FM WBKL ON AWY W441/M758 SAHLL TRACK TO BRU JOINING AWY M759 OTHERWISE AS CO-ORDINATED. E ) REF AIP SUP MALAYSIA NR 05/2002 DATED 02 MAY AIRCRAFT OPERATING ON RNAV ROUTE M768 IS TO FLY BRU M759 LEDAM Y445 ASISU TO REJOIN AND VICE VERSA. APPLICATIONS : A ) THE BAOVE PROC SHALL APPLY 30MINS PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF EACH NAVAL FRNG DUE TO FLT TIME FM ENTRY POINTS CROSSING OVER DANGER AREA. THE ABOVE PROC SHALL NOT BE APPLIED WHEN ACFT ARE RADAR IDENTIFIED AND PROVIDED WI RADAR VECTORING EITHER BY KOTA KINABALU OR BRUNEI RADAR TO CIRCUM NAVIGATE CLEAR FM DANGER AREA. RMK/FLARES AND ILLUMINANTS WILL BE USED DRG THE EXER. SFC TO 37000FT AMSL FROM 02 080200 TO 02 241300 DLY BTN 0200-0600 AND 1100-1300 UTC ON 08,10,15,17,22 AND 24 FEB 2011 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites