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After the recent China Airlines 737-800 fatal crash, the Malaysian Airlines suffered the almost fatal similar encounter.

 

Passengers 'float' in their seats as Malaysia Airlines flight 'dives'.

https://www.asiaone.com/malaysia/passengers-float-their-seats-malaysia-airlines-flight-dives

Passengers on a Malaysia Airlines flight feared for their lives as the plane allegedly dived 7,000 feet last Sunday (April 3) afternoon.

One of the passengers, Halimah Nasoh, took to Facebook that evening to recount her experience.

The Boeing 737-800 took off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) at 2.30pm, and was travelling towards Tawau before it took a "sharp dive" about 30 minutes into the journey, New Straits Times reported.

According to Halimah's Flight Radar mobile app, the aircraft was cruising at 31,000ft before it dropped to 24,000ft, causing her to "float" out of her seat as her seatbelt was unfastened.

When this happened, some of the passengers screamed and cried, she said.

"The plane was unstable for about 10 minutes and took another dive, but it was not as bad as the first drop," Halimah added.

 

Despite the scare, the plane later circled above Melaka before returning to KLIA and made a safe landing at 5.03pm.

"Flight MH2664 from Kuala Lumpur to Tawau on April 3 performed an air turn back, due to technical issues with the aircraft, compounded by bad weather en route," Malaysia Airlines said in a statement.

The pilot made the decision to return to the airport in the interest of passenger safety, the airline explained.

 

Following the incident, the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) said it will review Malaysia Airlines' internal flight data monitoring system.

"Preliminary data have shown correct responses by the operating crew following the issue onboard," said CAAM chief executive officer Datuk Chester Voo.

CAAM will continue to monitor the situation and will not compromise on issues that could potentially jeopardise the safety and security of airlines’ operations and the public, he added.

 

These ppl are very lucky to have landed safely. Heng ah.

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7 minutes ago, Watwheels said:

After the recent China Airlines 737-800 fatal crash, the Malaysian Airlines suffered the almost fatal similar encounter.

 

Passengers 'float' in their seats as Malaysia Airlines flight 'dives'.

https://www.asiaone.com/malaysia/passengers-float-their-seats-malaysia-airlines-flight-dives

Passengers on a Malaysia Airlines flight feared for their lives as the plane allegedly dived 7,000 feet last Sunday (April 3) afternoon.

One of the passengers, Halimah Nasoh, took to Facebook that evening to recount her experience.

The Boeing 737-800 took off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) at 2.30pm, and was travelling towards Tawau before it took a "sharp dive" about 30 minutes into the journey, New Straits Times reported.

According to Halimah's Flight Radar mobile app, the aircraft was cruising at 31,000ft before it dropped to 24,000ft, causing her to "float" out of her seat as her seatbelt was unfastened.

When this happened, some of the passengers screamed and cried, she said.

"The plane was unstable for about 10 minutes and took another dive, but it was not as bad as the first drop," Halimah added.

 

Despite the scare, the plane later circled above Melaka before returning to KLIA and made a safe landing at 5.03pm.

"Flight MH2664 from Kuala Lumpur to Tawau on April 3 performed an air turn back, due to technical issues with the aircraft, compounded by bad weather en route," Malaysia Airlines said in a statement.

The pilot made the decision to return to the airport in the interest of passenger safety, the airline explained.

 

Following the incident, the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) said it will review Malaysia Airlines' internal flight data monitoring system.

"Preliminary data have shown correct responses by the operating crew following the issue onboard," said CAAM chief executive officer Datuk Chester Voo.

CAAM will continue to monitor the situation and will not compromise on issues that could potentially jeopardise the safety and security of airlines’ operations and the public, he added.

 

These ppl are very lucky to have landed safely. Heng ah.

OH shit. My hair stand just reading the article and the graph.

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Boeing is screwed. Or maybe there's something wrong with the earth's core and soon we'll have birds and planes falling. Just watched The Core on Netflix. 😅

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20 minutes ago, Beregond said:

like that . my next trip must choose airbus liao😰

Is there a choice?

 737 seems to be the main aircrafts involved in recent fatal air crashes!😱😱 

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7 minutes ago, Soya said:

The infamous 737-Max is now also known as 737-8.....

https://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/hk/flying-withus/our-story/our-fleet/boeing-737-8/

 

It was originally called the 737 Max 8. This is the plane with the wonky MCAS system that crashed 2 planes. 737-800 do not have MCAS.

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There is an interesting documentary about Boeing (and their 737 MAX in particular) on Netflix named Downfall: The Case Against Boeing. Very compelling.

While it's the 737NG in this Malaysia Airlines incident, but lots of issues going on in the Boeing factory/assembly plants over the past years

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2 minutes ago, sgcarmartfan said:

There is an interesting documentary about Boeing (and their 737 MAX in particular) on Netflix named Downfall: The Case Against Boeing. Very compelling.

While it's the 737NG in this Malaysia Airlines incident, but lots of issues going on in the Boeing factory/assembly plants over the past years

Not enough parts from China?

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Just now, Atonchia said:

Not enough parts from China?

Safety has taken a back seat, in favour of speeding up aircraft deliveries. Especially when the A320neo is proving to be a popular choice for airlines, there is less time for production related pauses to rectify issues.

Not saying it's a cause of this particular incident, but Boeing needs to do better in general to gain back its reputation

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