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Malaysian Airlines Airbus flies wrong way for 1 hour, company files wrong flight plan

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Malaysia Airlines MH132 flies in wrong direction for almost an hour

New Zealand media reported that MH132 from Auckland to Kuala Lumpur was headed in the wrong direction on Christmas Day, after air traffic controllers had been given the wrong flight plan.

The "New Zealand Herald" newspaper wrote that the pilot queried the route his Airbus A330 was taking only eight minutes into the flight, after he noticed the plane was headed further south than expected. He asked air traffic controllers at the Auckland Oceanic control centre why the plane was heading south towards Melbourne instead of the direct flight path to Kuala Lumpur.

The pilot was later informed that the flight plan of his airline had been given to the Airways agency, which manages air traffic control for New Zealand and the South Pacific.

Flight MH132 then continued across the Tasman Sea before heading northwest to Kuala Lumpur.

The flight usually takes a direct route between Auckland and Kuala Lumpur, heading north-west over Australia. However, the radar data of MH 132 showed it actually heading south for almost an hour.

No safety breach

A Malaysia Airlines statement confirmed that there the flight plans had been mixed up.

"Both routes were following an approved flight path and the aircraft had enough fuel for both routes. The safety of both passengers and crew were never compromised at any time," the statement read.

The airline said it was investigating the incident, as is New Zealand's Airways Corporation, according to the Sunday's edition of Australia's "New Sydney Herald."

The latest incident brings fresh embarassment to the airline. Malaysia Airlines' flight MH370 disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew on board in March 2014. Just over four months later flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine.

Earlier this year, Malaysia Airlines appointed German airline manager Christoph Müller as their chief executive, tasking him with rebuilding the airline after the string of disasters. He is overseeing a three-year restructuring plan, which includes cost-cutting and restructuring.
 

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The flight forgot their GPS system:


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I thought jiu hu kia Tonychat claimed that his national carrier is the bestest?

Even betterer than SQ, no??
 

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This is not a pilot error but the fault of Kiwi ATC. Perhaps our expert "Sadshisamo" could care to comment?
 

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This is not a pilot error but the fault of Kiwi ATC. Perhaps our expert "Sadshisamo" could care to comment?

I'm not a pilot ... but shouldn't a pilot at least be aware when the flight plan is not correct?

If this is indeed so, then I think it's high time to replace human pilots with drone CPUs
 

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I am not an expert on this, if a ship leaving or arriving at port, the ship have to send their ship manifest to the Harbour master....guess the same with the plane, the plane manifest..containing the flight plans etc..

How could the MH pilot flight plane differ from that given to ATC?....it's a honest mistake lah!..
 

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After two tragic incidents, I doubt if MAS, even under newly form corporation and new management, can survive except as a small regional operator.
 

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I'm not a pilot ... but shouldn't a pilot at least be aware when the flight plan is not correct?

If this is indeed so, then I think it's high time to replace human pilots with drone CPUs

You are indeed correct. The flight plan would have been filed long before the intended departure time by MAS or its handling agent, more so since this was a scheduled flight by a 'main' carrier.

Around 1 hour before the scheduled time of departure, the pilots would receive what is called the Computer Flight Plan which would contain amongst other things the ATC filed flight plan.

So even if the flight plan was wrongly filed by the agents, the pilots should have detected it during their preflight checks and this event should never have happened.
 

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After two tragic incidents, I doubt if MAS, even under newly form corporation and new management, can survive except as a small regional operator.
betul and spot on....kul to jb or penang should be about the only places to go regional :wink:
 

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Ok lah everyone makes mistakes.

As long the pilot doesn't crash the plane can already lah!
 

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This is not a pilot error but the fault of Kiwi ATC. Perhaps our expert "Sadshisamo" could care to comment?

there is no error, it was designated to find MH317 or the treasure trove of general yamashita
 

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Msia airline seems never fail to amuse people.:biggrin:
next time no more coconuts but 2 lumpar ji.:biggrin:
 

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will the additional miles flown be honored in frequent flyer status? :p
 

Semaj2357

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Sarawak, Sabah, Hatyai, Bkk and SGP also lah.
ok, can replace sgp with medan once the express rail is completed - and i'll bet the resident jiu-hu kia will request that the rail koneks to orchard mrt as it's close to his place of assignment at ot...:wink:
 

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Re: Malaysian Airlines Airbus flies wrong way for 1 hour, company files wrong flight

You are indeed correct. The flight plan would have been filed long before the intended departure time by MAS or its handling agent, more so since this was a scheduled flight by a 'main' carrier.

Around 1 hour before the scheduled time of departure, the pilots would receive what is called the Computer Flight Plan which would contain amongst other things the ATC filed flight plan.

So even if the flight plan was wrongly filed by the agents, the pilots should have detected it during their preflight checks and this event should never have happened.

But then they are m&ds well known to be a lazy race
 

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Re: Malaysian Airlines Airbus flies wrong way for 1 hour, company files wrong flight

You are indeed correct. The flight plan would have been filed long before the intended departure time by MAS or its handling agent, more so since this was a scheduled flight by a 'main' carrier.

Around 1 hour before the scheduled time of departure, the pilots would receive what is called the Computer Flight Plan which would contain amongst other things the ATC filed flight plan.

So even if the flight plan was wrongly filed by the agents, the pilots should have detected it during their preflight checks and this event should never have happened.

Also must be ATC fault too. Even if the airline's agent gave them the flight plan, they can see its the long way home, and there might be a fuel issue. They should have routed them back to the normal flight plan. Anyway, the plane has the ability to contact their home operations centre directly and ask what kind of flight plan was filed. I am surprised this is not reported in Shit Times, who would do anything to put Malaysia in a poor light.
 

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Re: Malaysian Airlines Airbus flies wrong way for 1 hour, company files wrong flight

Also must be ATC fault too. Even if the airline's agent gave them the flight plan, they can see its the long way home, and there might be a fuel issue. They should have routed them back to the normal flight plan. Anyway, the plane has the ability to contact their home operations centre directly and ask what kind of flight plan was filed. I am surprised this is not reported in Shit Times, who would do anything to put Malaysia in a poor light.

Yes, the people who did the filing, ATC and the pilots are all to shoulder the blame on this one. Strange that so many safety layers were busted.
 
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