According to foreign media reports, on the afternoon of April 3, local time, flight MH2664 from Kuala Lumpur to Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia, had technical problems, and in order to ensure the safety of passengers, the flight turned back to Kuala Lumpur and landed safely at Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 17:03 on the same day.
Malaysia flights stopped at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on April 1
Halimah Nasoha, a female passenger on Flight MH2664, made a post after landing safely that the flight in question was a Boeing 737-800 that took off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 2:30 p.m. and began a "rapid dive" about 30 minutes after takeoff. Data from the phone's flying radar app showed the plane, which had originally flown at an altitude of 31,000 feet, dive to 24,000 feet in seconds after encountering technical problems, she said.
Flight route of flight MH2664
Halimah also described how she felt on the plane in the post, where she released her seatbelt when the accident occurred because the seatbelt prompt was turned off. So during the dive of the plane, she has been "floating" in the air due to gravity.
Ms. Halimah said: "The plane has been flying very unevenly since the dive, and about 10 minutes later, the plane dives again, but the second dive is not as strong as the first".
She added that when the plane dives, the passengers on board are panicked, "there are a lot of people screaming, and even some passengers are scared to cry." ”
It is reported that at present, the Malaysian Civil Aviation Authority (CAAM) has stepped in to investigate and issued a statement saying that the preliminary findings show that the operator made the right response when dealing with related technical issues. The specific cause of the technical problems with MH2664 is still under investigation.
In addition to Malaysia Airlines, according to foreign media reports, on April 4, local time, air France Boeing 777 passenger plane AF011 suddenly lost control when landing at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, and the crew was forced to suspend the landing procedure to take off again, and successfully landed on the second landing.
It is reported that on the evening of April 4, local time, the Boeing 777 plane took off from New York JFK International Airport to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, with a flight time of about 7 hours. On the morning of April 5, local time, the plane entered Charles de Gaulle Airport normally, and when it was about to land, the pilot suddenly found that the plane "yawed to the left and did not respond."
After the first aborted landing due to technical problems, the flight crew made a second attempt and landed safely.
Afterwards, the conversation between the cockpit and the air control tower could be clearly heard from the recording sent by the professional aviation website AirLive, and when the plane was more than 300 meters above the ground, the pilot suddenly shouted: "Stop!" stop! ", the alarm sound can be clearly heard in the recording.
Flight trajectory of the AF011
The Daily Mail said Boeing has faced a number of security issues in recent years. Last month, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it was finalizing three safety directives for some grounded Boeing 777 aircraft equipped with HP PW4000 engines, requiring enhanced aircraft inspections and updates to prevent accidents.
Source: Nine Factions News
Guangzhou Daily Xinhuacheng Editor: Zhao Xiaoman