In view of MH 370, MH 066 and now MH 192, all departments in MAS must be headed by properly qualified and competent officers.
Thank God! The superb handling of MH192 by MAS pilot has averted another air tragedy. MH 192 departed KLIA at 10:09 pm 20-4-2014 to Banglore. It has made an air turn back to Kuala Lumpur due to a tyre burst during take off and the debris of the damaged tyre have damaged the system (wiring of the gear system of the right hand landing gear) which has indicated to the pilot that it is damaged.
The right hand landing gear cannot be retracted for the whole journey. Hence, the air turn back.
MH192 has safely landed in KLIA at about 2 am just now. All the 159 passengers were safe.
Earlier on, the Operation Control Centre of MAS (OCC) sent out a Code Red Alert MH 192:
“Please be informed B738/MXJ MH192 reported tyre burst after take off and RH landing gear indicates unsafe in extended position. We are declaring CODE RED on MH192. Aircraft will ETA 0115lt. Pls assemble now at Emarald Room.”
Yours truly is sure that the CEO of MAS Engineering Tuan Azhari Dahlan, the “ONLY highly qualified engineer” in Malaysia, will say that the tyre burst of MH192 was all due to “technical problem”.
On 23-3-2014 MH 066 departing KLIA for Icheon (Korea) had to be diverted to Hong Kong due to the failure of its electric generator. To Tuan Azhari Dahlan, the “ONLY highly qualified engineer” in Malaysia, who was specially headhunted from AirAsia’s insignificant engineering department during the infamous MAS – AirAsia share swap, was a technical problem. By the way, AirAsia had to send its aircraft for maintenance to MAS Engineering despite its Group CEO Tan Sri Tony Fernandes had vowed not to send its aircraft to MAS for maintenance or other works, HERE. For the article about MH 066 please read HERE.
MAS and Malaysia cannot afford too many of such “technical problems” and incompetent managers to head important departments like Engineering of MAS which involves the safety of aircraft. Tuan Azhari Dahlan must no longer be protected by MAS management.
MAS is having one too many technical problems under Tuan Azhari Dahlan. In view of the many “technical problems”, Tuan Azhari Dahlan must be called upon to account for it. In the interim, Tuan Azhari Dahlan should be suspended pending investigation into the so-called “technical problems” and his competency.
The investigation should also include the appointment of Tuan Azhari Dahlan as CEO of MAS Engineering (MRO). At that material time when he was appointed, he did not have Department of Civil Aviation (DCA)’s Nominated Post Holder qualification, HERE.
In view of MH 370, MH 066 and now MH 192, all departments in MAS must be headed by properly qualified and competent officers. - Wee Choo Keong
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