Malaysia Airlines’s Media Statement On Flight MH192

MEDIA STATEMENT
released at 3.18am/21 Apr 2014
MH192 Incident

Sepang, 21 April 2014: Malaysia Airlines flight MH192 that departed Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) at 10.09pm bound for Bangalore earlier had turned back and landed safely in KLIA at 1.56am, today.

This was because one of the tyres on the right hand main landing gear burst during takeoff. The Captain was alerted by Kuala Lumpur Air Traffic Control that tyre debris were found on the runway and immediately contacted Malaysia Airlines Operations Control Centre (OCC) at 10:25pm. As safety is of utmost priority to Malaysia Airlines, the aircraft was required to turn back to KLIA.

The Airport Fire Rescue Services (AFRS) were deployed as soon as the pilot was instructed to turn back to KLIA by OCC.

All 159 passengers and 7 crew members on board have disembarked from the aircraft. MH192 will be re-timed to depart KLIA at 3.30pm on 21 April 2014 and arrive Bangalore at 5.00pm the same day.

Meanwhile all passengers will be accommodated at nearby hotels.

The Astolf Band, A Story By Ahmad Ali Karim (Part 5)

Please click here for The Astolf Band, A Story By Ahmad Ali Karim (Part 4)

“Oooh, what a great aeroplane. This A380 First Suite is awesome,” said Martin. “It’s like a huge private jet with lots of passengers. I’ll go to sleep now so that I can start working once we reach London,” he added with a big smile. About 21 hours later, the plane landed safely at the London’s Heathrow Airport. It was a great flight and everybody had a good rest after their adventure on the way to the Melbourne Airport. “I’ll go and discuss about our show at the Royal Albert Hall with the press,” said Martin and he added, “Paul, I’ll take the tube to London and I’ll meet you at your house later,”

Paul drove his friends to his home where his old Uncle Jack was waiting for them. Uncle Jack was their band manager and he had been working on their latest concert as soon as he received Paul’s call from Australia. “I’d say that the best date for the concert should be on the 2nd of July, perhaps,” said Paul’s uncle looking at his diary. “I had a meeting with my old friend who is the manager of the Royal Albert Hall and he suggested the date,” he added. “Then we only have about 2 months to go,”said Paul. He called Martin, “Marty, the concert will be on the 2nd of July at 21:00”.

After his meetings, Martin met them at Paul’s house. “Pretty cosy in here, Paul,” said Martin. “I’ve always like your home. It is really comfortable, with soft sofas and tasty hot drinks”. It was a very beautiful house indeed, and it is not far from London.

The next day they were very busy getting ready for the concert. Paul took out his purple glittering trousers with a matching jacket and a white shirt. Martin pulled out his blue shirt with white sleeves while Eve put out her long and glittering pink dress from her bag. Lin took out her beautiful red dress carefully out her bag while Peter searched for his shining black jacket and black trousers from his bag. They put on their clothes and started practicing. They practiced very hard and wanted to give their best for the concert.

A few days before the concert, the Caltex petrol station cashier arrived safely in England. Paul invited him to his house and to watch their rehearsals. He also invited his old friends, Jalil and Kamal to the concert. They arrived in London after a 10 hours flight from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

A day before the concert, they went to Gordon Ramsay restaurant for a tasty breakfast and off they went to the Royal Albert Hall for their rehearsals. There were fans waiting for them outside the hall and they were very happy to see them. The tickets were already sold out and lots of their fans were sad because there was no more tickets left.

Everybody was very excited about the concert, especially their special guest, the Caltex petrol station cashier from Australia. He sat happily at the VIP seats together with Jalil and Kamal. The Astolf Band’s fans were very excited to see Paul Tonnel, Martin Flangs, Eve Sara, Lin Bastain and Peter Hard singing together again in their glittering, colourful and shining shirts, jackets and dresses. They sang and sang, danced and danced happily as they used to do years before. The crowds were cheering, “More, more!” every time they finished their songs. The fans were all shouting loudly with excitement and Paul’s uncle kept saying, “Bravo! Bravo!” until the end of the concert. It was a marvelous night! Some of their fans even fainted because they were too excited watching the band on stage!

The Caltex petrol station cashier was so proud and happy to be able to watch the concert, he was a good man who liked to help others and never thought to be able to watch a concert by the Astolf Band in London. Paul Tonnel, Martin Flangs, Eve Sara, Lin Bastain and Peter Hard were good friends and they were always nice to their fans and everybody they met. They were very happy to sing together and to see their fans again.

~~ The End ~~

Bodies Of Russian Accident Victims Laid To Rest In Their Hometowns

The bodies of the two Malaysian students, who were killed in a road accident in Russia on Sunday, arrived at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport late Friday.

Please read: Malaysian Medical Students Killed In Russian Accident.

Adzreen Dimyati, 22 who was a Public Service Department (PSD) scholar was laid to rest at the Precinct 20 Muslim Cemetery in Putrajaya later in the night.

Meanwhile the body of Hanisah Muhd Shah who was sponsored by MARA arrived at the Tengku Ampuan Intan Zaharah Mosque in Dungun at about 6.53am Saturday morning and was safely buried at the Syed Yahya Muslim Cemetery in Kampung Molek at about 7.55am.

Sending Uncle Taj To KLIA

Last Saturday I woke up at 5 am.

We went to the Sudanese’s Ambassador’s house to fetch Uncle Taj (or Tag).

The house is opposite the ‘castle’ by the lake at Ampang Hilir Lake Garden.

I was going to send Uncle Taj to KLIA in Sepang.

KLIA is Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

Uncle Taj’s full name is Tag el Din el Sanosy (or Tajuddin when we say in Malay)

He is my father’s good friend from Sudan.

Uncle Taj is also Uncle Osman Mokhtar El-Mubarak’s friend.

Uncle Taj was going to Cairo, Egypt before going back to Khartoum, Sudan.

Uncle Taj is very nice and I like him very much.

I hope I can visit Uncle Taj in Sudan 🙂

I want to visit Uncle Osman, Aunty Yaman and big sister Arwa too.

I miss them very much.

Sudan.

A Trip To Putrajaya

On Monday 1st of  February, I went to Putrajaya after lunch.

I had lunch at the ‘Black Canyon Coffee’.

I did not drink coffee but I drank ‘Blueberry Delight’.

I saw a lot of flags of the states of Malaysia in Putrajaya.

There are a lot of beautiful buildings over there 🙂

The buildings are new because it is a new city 😆

I also saw nice new bridges over the man made lakes.

We drove to the Putrajaya International Convention Center (PICC).

We went to the Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque.

It is very big and beautiful but there is almost nobody there ❓

We prayed Asr at the Putra Mosque.

I found a red ‘autumn  leaf’ on a bench near the mosque.

There are lots of beautiful lamp posts too and they must be very expensive.

Then we went to  Kuala Lumpur International Airport(KLIA).

We had dinner at McDonald’s.

Then we said good bye to Aunty Selina.

Aunty Selina was going to Tokyo, Japan by Japan Airlines (JAL).

After that she’ll be flying United Airlines to the United States.

Aunty Selina works at the World Bank in Washington D.C.

I wish Aunty Selina can visit Malaysia again and bring me more nice books, jigsaw puzzles and tasty chocolates.

I miss Aunty Selina very much.