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MAS to introduce meal boxes for regional short-haul flights

From one of our forum members:

Meal Box implementation is guided by the following criteria:

A. Sandwiches 3 slices (3 types of different
filling per passenger) in transparent box with
sticker
B. Cutlery pack (5 in 1) – non logo with sleeve
C. Drinking water (DELCOL) with sticker
D. Cookies 2 pcs
E. Royal Gala red apple
F. Cadbury BYTES

From The Star:

MAS to offer healthy box meals

The menu will feature sandwiches, fruit yoghurt, fresh fruits, crunchy snacks or muffins, depending on the time of the day. Children’s meals and special meals will also be offered. – Bernama

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Video of a flying academy made by HMA Batch 4

Quote from user khawss from youtube “Memorable Video Edited by Nazrul Iman”.

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Captain Alvin Goh

PETALING JAYA: A pilot was among three people who fell to their deaths from three separate high-rise buildings yesterday. All the deaths were from the seventh floor.
The body of Malaysia Airlines pilot Alvin Goh Huey Peng, 33, was found sprawled on the ground at the Riana Green condominiums in Damansara by security guards on patrol at 7.20am.

Petaling Jaya police chief ACP Mazlan Mansor said Goh had left a note in his home apologising to his parents and girlfriend.

“We found a note in his house that only said: ‘Sorry mother, sorry father and sorry (name removed).”

His girlfriend who arrived at the scene was inconsolable
Mazlan said the police did not suspect foul play.

“He climbed to the window of his bedroom on the seventh floor and jumped.

“The front door was locked and there was nothing missing from the house.”

Goh’s parents and other members of his family, who arrived from Alor Star at the University Malaya Medical Centre mortuary, declined to speak to the press.

His colleagues from Malaysia Airlines also declined to comment on his death.

I know him personally and also flew with him before. I was shocked when i heard about his death. He just got command (Captain) on the b737 fleet this year form a 747 FO. He was a very active MAPA member. Not to forget that he is a very nice guy and good looking also. Condolences to his family.

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MAS Wings

As you guys know MAS will take over the Rural Air service from FAX in Sabah and Sarawak. This time it will be fully subsidized by the Malaysian government. They are maintaining the same fares but will be providing better services through an additional 200 weekly flights, and interlining services which allow customers to check-in all the way to their final destinations with just one ticket.

“We are also offering better schedules and connectivity as Malaysia Airlines and MASWings’ flight schedules are aligned to ensure customers can easily catch their connecting flights,” said MASWings’ Managing Director, Dr Amin Khan.

The route are from Kota Kinabalu to 3 destinations, Miri, Labuan and Sandakan, and Kuching to Sibu, Bintulu and Miri, with the same fares that Malaysia Airlines is charging. This subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines will initially commence operations with 4 Fokker-50 and 4 Twin Otter aircraft.

All this planes are going to be replaced soon with the ATR 72-500. Probably by 1st quarter of next year. I don’t know.

Current Twin Otter

White FAX’s Twin Otter

Red FAX’s Twin Otter

FAX’s plane overnight in Miri

More..

Sneak peek inside the Twin Otter

New ATR 72-500

The ATR 72-500 that MAS will use to replace those Twin Otter for the rural service should look something like this. I dont have the picture with MAS Wings’ logo on it.

Coming soon..

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Nuri crash, Malaysia

Last week i spoke with one of the Nuri instructor. He is now one of the Bomba something in Malaysia and was one of the rescuers for that crash we read about in the papers last few weeks. Below is a summary of the dialogue I had with Lt. Sgt. XYZ. Ill start writing about why the crash happened.

First of all, the weather was bad at the day the crash happened. That Nuri helicopter is not IFR rated that means u have to fly it visually and cant rely on the flight instruments. They can but it’s not legal. They have to stay 3000m horizontally and 300ft vertically from any cloud. Their route takes them between valleys. But there are clouds there (and heavy rain).

What they should have done here is go down south and stay well away of that area because once they go inside they have no visual queue as the cloud will cover their view. Its like driving a car with cotton candies covering the car. Then try to maneuver between 2 trees. At least u know the car won’t topple. In a helicopter, u might be upside down and still can’t tell the attitude of the helicopter.

There is 2 flights that time. One of the Nuri turned back and land at Bentong. But the one that crashed proceeded into the bad weather. They should not do this. Especially when there’s terrain up ahead.

Why don’t they climb up vertically?
They cant. Depending on their weight they can only fly up to an average of 1000ft vertically up.

There’s a phone call from the victim? Did they survive the crash?
No. Don’t trust everything u read on the papers. Some people are attention whores. The Nuri crashed nose first with forward thrust into the ground. They had to dig out the Captain’s body. The post mortem reveals that all die on impact.

There is suppose to be an emergency transmitter that emits emergency signals on impact right?
That particular Nuri doesn’t have one. The last one that crashed couldn’t transmit because the battery was low! They however have manual transmitters on their vest that had to be activated manually. They know there are no survivors because no one activated their transmitter.

Didn’t they have heat sensor equipments?
They had a few from several departments. One from UM and the other one form the Bomba (I forgot the full name). The crash happened in the morning. They tried looking for it but couldn’t find at. In the afternoon they contacted the bomba guys. But they were at Friday Prayers, so they came a little bit late. And they have only 1 of that heat seeking devices. One of them costs RM 4.5millon. They had to get it fixed to another helicopter.

By the time they take off and went for the rescue, the heat had already cooled off. So, all the heat seeking method had failed. Bad weather is also the reason it failed. Few days later the ground troops found them by the smell. They reported faulty smell and traced it to the crash site. In the end human sense is more reliable than that RM4.5m equipment?

Are they going to replace the Nuri?
I don’t know. They actually have signed a contract to upgrade the Nuri earlier, before all this fuss. To make the Nuri more reliable, 4 axis, autopilot, etc.
See also http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sunday/Focus/20070722113641/Article/index_html

Malaysia Looks to Replace Aging Choppers After Crash
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, KUALA LUMPUR

Malaysia plans to phase out its aging fleet of military Nuri helicopters and to call a tender for their replacement, the deputy prime minister was quoted as saying July 19.
The decision follows the July 17 discovery of the bodies of six Malaysian military personnel among the wreckage of their crashed American-made Sikorsky S-61 Nuri.
Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is also defense minister, said cabinet has “come out with a proposal to replace the helicopters.”
Specifications will be prepared over the next few months before a tender is called, Najib was quoted in the New Staits Times as saying.
Phasing out the Nuris will probably take up to three years, he added.
There were no survivors in the crash of the Nuri near the Genting Highlands entertainment resort in Pahang state. Bad weather appeared to be a major factor behind the accident, Najib said earlier.
The Nuri helicopter has been in use since 1968 and more than 20 of them remain in the Malaysian air force.
“We do not have many options as the Nuri is the main vehicle used by the air force for transportation. We cannot just terminate its usage immediately,” Najib said, answering questions on Tuesday about its continued use.

No survivors in NURI helicopter crash

Kuala Lumpur- The five day search and rescue operation to locate the Royal Malaysia Aiforce (RMAF) Nuri helicopter that went missing last Friday ended today.

The wreckage of the ill-fated helicopter was found near Genting Sempah, in Genting Highlands, at 1.24 pm today. All six crew members o­n board perished in the incident. The next-of-kin and families of the victims have been informed of the bad news.

The victims are pilot, Captain Nor Azlan Termuzi, co-pilot Captain Nor Intan Asykeen Mohd Arof, air quartermasters Sargeant Khusnizam Ariffin and Sargeant Mohd Azmie Md Yassin, senior airman Saifulizam Alias and airman, Muhammad Ridzuan Ahmad.

The US-made Sikorsky S61 transport helicopter disappeared from the radar screen at 9.35am last Friday, 10 minutes after taking off the Sungai Besi air base o­n its way to Gambang, Kuantan.

Royal Malaysian Air Force Public Relations Officer, Mejar Zulkiflee Abdul Latiff said the wreckage of the helicopter was found by the ground search team, 5 km northwest of Genting Sempah.

The helicopter had crashed not far from the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway at Genting Sempah, 3km from the entrance to the Karak tunnel from Kuala \Lumpur.

Journalists were not allowed to enter the crash site which has been cordoned off by security forces. An army source said all the bodies were found in the cabin of the wrecked helicopter.

Discuss here http://forum.flydamnit.com/index.php?topic=782.0

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Airbus To Compensate MAS For Delay In Delivery Of A380 Superjumbo

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KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 (Bernama) — Malaysia Airlines (MAS) will be compensated for the delay in the delivery of the Airbus A380 superjumbo aircraft it ordered in 2003, Airbus’s chief operating officer for customers, John Leahy said Monday.

The delay issues have been sorted out with Singapore Airlines, Qantas and Korean Air, “We are now trying to finalise things with Malaysia Airlines,” he said.

MAS had ordered six Airbus A380 valued at US$1.8 billion at list prices with the first delivery to have started early 2007.

Under a revised schedule, MAS would receive the first A380 in late 2009.

“Absolutely, there will be some compensation for them (MAS). We have to come up with the date when they want the aircraft, then we will look at it (the quantum of compensation to be given for the delay in delivery),” he said when asked by reporters after the signing of an agreement with Fly Asian Xpress, which is ordering 10 A330-300s with an option for five.

He also said the there were no cancellations from MAS for the orders.

“I don’t see any indication that they (MAS) wouldn’t be taking the aircraft. We just need to put in the dates,” he said.

He said discussion were on-going with MAS on the date of delivery and compensation, which is expected to be sorted out in the next couple of months.

MAS, in a statement confirmed that the discussions were still on-going.

“We are having on-going discussions with Airbus on the compensation and the new delivery date. No decision has been made yet,” said MAS.

– BERNAMA

Source: http://www.bernama.com/aviation_news/news.php?id=258341&lang=en

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FireFly, New Airline based in Penang

Firefly is Malaysia’s first community airline, offering safe, affordable and comfortable flying experience to exclusive travel routes, making flying with us a fun and smart choice for our guests.

We operate twice daily services out of Penang International Airport to Kota Bharu, Langkawi, Kuantan, Kuala Terengganu, and daily services to Phuket and Koh Samui in Thailand.

Firefly - What’s in the name:

* Agile
* Brilliant
* Charm
* Fun

Principal Office

FlyFirefly Sdn Bhd,
1st Floor, Admin Building 1,
Complex A, Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport,
47200 Subang,
Selangor, Malaysia
Operation Centre

Firefly Operations Centre
Mezzanine Floor,
Bayan Lepas International Airport,
11900 Penang,
MALAYSIA
Management Team

Chief Executive Officer - Eddy Leong
Chief Financial Officer - Mohd Sukri Husin

http://fireflyz.com.my/

Basically is a new airline based in Penang. It has 2 Fokker 50s. The routes are:
Penang - Pukhet
Penang - Koh Samui
Penang - Langkawi
Penang - Kota Baharu
Penang - Kuala Terrenganu
Penang - Kuantan

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Jet Blast video

Jetblast video demonstration

As seen herer http://forum.flydamnit.com/index.php?topic=438

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Who is this?

ahmadfariz asked:

Anyone know this guy?He really is famous as this picture is in airliners.net! Here’s the photographer’s comment :

With the rare sight of an Airbus Beluga Super Transporter parked on the taxiway, this pilot just couldn’t pass on the opportunity to capture a photo using his camera-phone.

Answer here http://forum.flydamnit.com/index.php?topic=429.0

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HMA, Langkawi pilot crash?

About the title, how is the guy? Is he okay? I heard he crashed in Penang. If u have any infomation, post it in the forum at the link below. Thank you.

http://forum.flydamnit.com/index.php?topic=433.0

NIBONG TEBAL: The wreckage of the two-seater plane that crashed into the sea off Pulau Aman on Friday has been salvaged.

The Diamond D-40 HM Aerospace plane was lifted onto a barge by a crane and ferried to Prai about 5.45pm yesterday.

Recovered: A crane lifting the wreckage of the Diamond D-4- HM Aerospace plane onto a barge to be ferried to Prai on Sunday.
In the 5.40pm incident on Friday, pilot Nor Azlan Yazid, 25 was flying solo from the Bayan Lepas International Airport to Langkawi.

Nor Azlan ejected from the plane just before it hit the water some two nautical miles from Pulau Aman.

Fisherman Heah Soon Boay, who spotted Nor Azlan floating in the sea, rescued him.

Source: The Star

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