Dear MbaKaniasari, Ini laporan dari teman Rip Curl, Jeff. Salam, Ika ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeffry Anderson To: IKA BFW Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 2:18 PM Subject: Re: [mediacare] Air Asia fell down at KL Airport - news not covered by media
I think this is the incident?
7 Nov 2004 - AirAsia 737-300 over-runs runway in heavy rain
KOTA KINABALU - AirAsia in a statement said due to heavy rain and bad weather,
its aircraft bound for Kota Kinabalu from Kuala Lumpur skidded lightly off the
runway after it touched down at Terminal Two of the Kota Kinabalu International
Airport. In the 5.10pm incident yesterday, two passengers and the two pilots
suffered minor injuries.
The 111 passengers on board AirAsia's Boeing 737-300 flight from Kuala Lumpur
had an uneventful journey till the plane landed at Kota Kinabalu. One of the
injured, a five-year-old girl, sprained her left wrist during evacuation from
the Boeing 737-300 aircraft, the Star reported.
The passengers, including six top Laotian government officials, were shaken by
the incident that occurred during a downpour.
Flight AK104 from Kuala Lumpur skidded onto the grassy patch towards the south
end of the runway, forcing passengers to be evacuated via emergency chutes as
Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) fire engines and ambulances rushed to scene.
A DCA official said the nose-wheel of the Boeing 737 was bogged down in soft
soil and engineers were finding it difficult to extricate the aircraft because
of nightfall.
The shutdown of the country's second-busiest airport resulted in the diversion,
rescheduling and cancellation of dozens of flights, affecting at least 2,000
travellers.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, scheduled to depart on his
executive jet at 9.30pm after a short visit, left at 10.45pm. He was here to
break fast with Umno members.
Although the DCA has "closed" the airport, it has allowed individual airlines
to land or take off at their own risk.
A Universiti Teknologi Mara student who identified herself only as Zilla said
the whole plane shook badly before it hit the grass. "I was afraid. I thought
we were going to die," she said.
Raymond Danker, from Penang, who was visiting with his Sabahan wife and three
children, said it was their first trip to the state since their marriage 10
years ago. "We were so happy about it and this had to happen," he said. He said
his daughter, Tracie, suffered a sprain to her left wrist while sliding down
the emergency chute, and his wife and two sons, aged three and seven, were
shaken by the whole episode.
Among the passengers was Laotian deputy director-general of the Cabinet
Committee for Planning, Houmpheng Souralay, one of the six senior Laotian
officials here for a study tour organised by Yayasan Sabah. "I am thankful that
nothing serious happened," said Souralay.
According to passengers, there were moments of pandemonium on the plane as they
pushed and shoved each other towards the emergency exits during the evacuation.
The passengers were then ferried to the VIP terminal and given medical
examinations before they were taken to Terminal Two and allowed to collect
their luggage at about 7pm.
Jeff Anderson
General Manager Indonesia
Rip Curl Indonesia
www.ripcurl.com
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From: Kaniasari
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Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 10:57 AM
Subject: [mediacare] Air Asia fell down at KL Airport - news not covered by
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