aviation craft: September 2012

Friday, 21 September 2012

MALAYSIAN AIRLINES SYSTEM (MAS) BOEING B737 -2H6 (9M- MBD)

This Aircraft crashed at Tanjung Kupang , Johor on 04 December 1977
while operating Flight No. MH653.

MAS flight MH653 departed Penang (PEN) at 19:21 on a domestic flight
to Kuala Lumpur (KUL). While descending through an altitude of 4000
feet towards KUL, the crew reported that the plane was hijacked. The
hijacker demanded to be flown to Singapore. The aircraft climed to
FL210 and proceeded to Singapore. En route to Singapore, the hijacker
reportedly shot both pilots and then himself. The cockpit voice
recordings indicate noises suggestive of the cockpit door being broken
in, along with a reasonable amount of screaming and cursing. No noises
are heard from within the cockpit to indicate any of the three
occupants were conscious. The autopilot was then disconnected,
possibly due to a pitch input by someone entering the cockpit and
trying to control the aircraft. An investigator speculated that
someone pulled back on the column, causing a pitch up, followed by an
oscillation. This rapidly developed into a high amplitude phugoid
oscillation that resulted in a rapid dive. The 737 crashed into a
swamp and disintegrated.Al fatihah and condolence to the innocent lives that was lost in the ill fated flight.