Malaysia Mishap: Bungled Flight Plan
Ryan Boyd December 28, 2015
The last few years have not been kind to Malaysia Airlines.
On Christmas Eve, a flight from Auckland, New Zealand to Kuala Lumpur took off in the wrong direction due to a miscommunication with air traffic control. The pilot of flight MH132 reportedly questioned the route the flight was ordered to take, and Malaysia Airlines has confirmed that Auckland’s Air Traffic Control was using an outdated flight plan:
“On December 24th 2015 our flight MH132 from Auckland to Kuala Lumpur was given the latest flight plan by the airline’s Operations Dispatch Centre (ODC) whilst Auckland’s Air Traffic Control (ATC) was inadvertently given an earlier flight plan. 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. Malaysia Airlines is currently conducting its investigation in the flight plan submission.”
This is an unfortunate gaffe for Malaysia Airlines, which, in March 2014, had a flight disappear with 239 passengers aboard Flight MH370. Four months after that, Flight MH17 was gunned down over Ukraine.
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