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[PHOTOS] MAS Flight MH740 Hit By A Viva During Take Off

An airside vehicle rammed into the belly of a Malaysia Airlines aircraft, causing the delay of MH740 and MH741.

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A Malaysia Airlines Flight Had To Be Delayed After The Aircraft Was Hit By An Airside Vehicle While It Was Preparing To Take Off On 15 May 2014

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Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has retimed its MH740/741 flights after the aircraft’s belly was hit by an airside vehicle at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) today.

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MAS Flight MH740 To Yangon, Burma, Was Scheduled To Depart At 10.05am From KLIA

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Flight MH740 was supposed to have departed for Yangon at 10.05am but the vehicle, which belonged to a vendor, rammed into the belly.

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Upon Take Off, A White Viva Which Was Parked Next To The Plane Crashed Into The Belly Of The B737-800 Aircraft

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In the 8.50am incident, a 25-year-old worker driving a car belonging to a MAS vendor company had apparently parked next to the aircraft to supervise loading of luggage into the plane’s cargo hold.

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The runaway car then crashed into the rear lower part of the aircraft.

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The 25-Year-Old Driver Confessed That He Did Not Fully Engage The Handbrake Of His Car

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It is learnt that the driver did not properly engage the parking brakes, resulting in the vehicle rolling off. The runaway car then crashed into the rear lower part of the aircraft.

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Meanwhile, a police spokesman said the 25-year-old driver had confessed to not fully engaging the handbrake of his car. “Without him noticing, the car moved towards the plane and got stuck underneath the aircraft. We removed the vehicle by deflating the car’s front tyres,” he said.

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As The Car Was Lodged Under The Aircraft, MAS Engineering Personnel Had To Deflate The Car Tyres To Remove It

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The car became lodged under the aircraft and MAS engineering personnel later removed the vehicle by deflating its tyres to lower it. The aircraft was later towed to a maintenance hangar for a thorough inspection on the damage, which was said to be only “minor scratches”.

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Preliminary Assessment Showed No Immediate Risk To The Structure Of The Aircraft, But The Plane Had To Be Grounded For A Thorough Check

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MAS operations director Captain Izham Ismail said their engineers were on site to assess the damage. “The preliminary assessment showed no immediate risk to the structure of the aircraft. However the grounding of the aircraft was necessary to conduct a thorough check,” he said.

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MAS Says The Driver Of The Vehicle Was Immediately Reprimanded

The airline said the driver of the vehicle which belongs to a vendor had been immediately reprimanded.

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Passengers Of MH740 Were Transferred On The Next Flight Out At 10.45am While The Return Flight MH741 Had To Be Retimed

Passengers Of MH740 Were Transferred On The Next Flight Out At 10.45am While The Return Flight MH741 Had To Be Retimed

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Malaysia Airlines in the statement apologised to all passengers of MH740/741 on May 15 for the disruption to their travel plans.

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Passengers on the affected plane were transferred to the next flight out at 10.45am. The return flight, MH741, was retimed to depart from Yangon at 12.30pm.

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