Post time 5-4-2014 07:37 PMFrom the mobile phone|Show all posts
dopey posted on 5-4-2014 07:27 PM
move on pon mmg kita move on............tpi siasatan kita di sini masih jln maam
Kalau aku komen lebih, pc dgn aku skali kena hangkut.. Hintnya no mechanical error, turn back disengajakan, 12 anak kapal masih dlm top kiv, no hijackers.. So, move on..
First Published: 6:28pm, Apr 05, 2014
Last Updated: 6:32pm, Apr 05, 2014
1. Introduction
It’s been almost a month since MH370 went missing.
The search operation has been difficult, challenging and complex.
In spite of all this, our determination remains undiminished.
We will continue the search with the same level of vigour and intensity.
We owe this to the families of those on board, and to the wider world.
We will continue to focus, with all our efforts, on finding the aircraft.
2. Investigation into MH370
As per the requirements set out by the ICAO in Annex 13 of the International Standards and Recommended Practices, Malaysia will continue to lead the investigation into MH370.
As per the ICAO standards, Malaysia will also appoint an independent ‘Investigator In Charge’ to lead an investigation team.
The investigation team will include three groups:
- an airworthiness group, to look at issues such as maintenance records, structures and systems;
- an operations group, to examine things such as flight recorders, operations and meteorology; and
- a medical and human factors group, to investigate issues such as psychology, pathology and survival factors.
The investigation team will also include accredited countries.
Malaysia has already asked Australia to be accredited to the investigation team, and they have accepted.
We will also include China, the United States, the United Kingdom and France as accredited representatives to the investigation team, along with other countries that we feel are in a position to help.
3. Formation of committees
In addition to the new investigation team mentioned above, the Government - in order to streamline and strengthen our on-going efforts - has established three ministerial committees.
Firstly, we have established a Next of Kin Committee. Hamzah Zainuddin, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, leads this committee.
This committee will oversee all aspects regarding the Next of Kin of those on board MH370, providing families with information on the search operation, and offering support after the search operation has been concluded.
The committee will co-ordinate with relevant foreign governments, and will complement the work already being done for the families by Malaysian Airlines.
The second committee oversees technicalities, specifically, the formation and the appointment of the investigation team. Abdul Aziz Kaprawi, the Deputy Minister of Transport, leads this committee.
The third committee takes over issues related to the deployment of assets for the search operation. Abdul Rahim Bakri, the Deputy Minister of Defence, leads this committee.
This committee will work with foreign counterparts involved in the search operation, and liaise closely with the Australian Joint Agency Co-ordination Centre.
4. US-ASEAN Defence Forum
This morning, I returned from the US-ASEAN Defence Forum, which I attended in my capacity as Defence Minister.
At the forum, I updated our ASEAN counterparts, and the United States, on the latest developments in the search for MH370.
I also spoke to officials from other countries involved in the multi-national search operation.
The spirit of co-operation at the meeting, and the support offered, was commendable.
During my bilateral meeting with US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, Secretary Hagel reiterated his commitment that the United States would continue to support the search operation, and will provide whatever assets are deemed necessary.
I thanked Secretary Hagel for the United States’ unwavering support, which has included both the deployment of naval and air assets, sophisticated underwater search equipment, and assistance from the FBI, the NTSB and the FAA.
At the Forum, I also received strong support from our ASEAN partners in the search for MH370.
I would like to read out the joint statement issued by the ASEAN Ministers, which I believe underscores the tremendous spirit of co-operation within ASEAN, in the face of this difficult search operation:
“We, the Defence Ministers of the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations express our deepest sympathies to the family members of the passengers and crew on board the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
“We acknowledge that the member nations of ASEAN have participated in the search operations directly and indirectly since the plane went missing on 8th
“From the South China Sea, the Andaman Sea to the Indian Ocean - ASEAN has continued to assist in every way possible, true to the spirit of regional cooperation and friendship without any hesitation in sharing of information, assets and expertise.
“We believe that Malaysia has done its level best in its response to this unprecedented predicament given the sheer scale of the Search and Rescue (SAR) operation which is the biggest and most complex we have ever seen.
“We reaffirm our commitment for greater cooperation between each member nation especially in the field of disaster management under the framework of the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response. This incident stressed upon us the importance of information and resource sharing as we strive to be in the utmost state of readiness in mitigating potential calamities and risks.
“ASEAN’s unity will remain solid and is totally committed to assisting Malaysia in coordinating this massive SAR to locate MH370. We are resolute in finding a closure to this tragic chapter in aviation history. Our thoughts and prayers remain with the families in these difficult times.”
5. Concluding remarks
Before I end, let me touch on some unfounded allegations made against Malaysia.
These allegations include the extraordinary assertion that Malaysian authorities were somehow complicit in what happened to MH370.
I should like to state, for the record, that these allegations are completely untrue.
As I have said before, the search for MH370 should be above politics.
And so I call on all Malaysians to unite; to stand by our armed forces as they work in difficult conditions, with their foreign counterparts, thousands of miles from home; and to support all those who are working tirelessly in the search for MH370.
Post time 5-4-2014 07:47 PMFrom the mobile phone|Show all posts
jetrofa posted on 5-4-2014 07:41 PM
China state news: Patrol ship detects pulse signal!
Harap bukan false alarm lah. Akak baca katanya ping kotak hitam itu minimum masa adalah 30 hari bukan max hidup 30 hari.
Namun perlu di ingat dlm kes air France ping itu malfunction. So tidak mustahil untuk ianya tidak berfungsi jua di dlm kes ini
jetrofa posted on 5-4-2014 07:51 PM
37.5 khz.sec...the right pulse signal of the b box katanya...masalanya d news come from china buka ...
harap2 lah pulse signal dari black box..
penat nak melayan karenah dan pertanyaan demi pertanyaan kaum keluarga dan rakyat marhaen..
bila dah jumpa black box nanti, debukkk kasik satu bijik fail kertas siasatan dan finding ini kerja siapa.. kot2 lah kan kerja ahkak rosmah yang suka over shadow kedudukan laki dia tuh..
lepas dah bagi sebijik fail siasatan.. dah time neh, lantak lah sana siapa nak meroyan ke, tak puas hati ke, pertikai ke, bercanggah ke lantak sana lah.. lepas tuh masing2 dah boleh balik rumah.. banyak lagi kerja nak buat..
mana2 pihak yang tak puas hati, boleh bantah melalui saluran udang2.. kalau tak mampu atau tak ada asas, dan yang ada rasa tak puas hati aje, next PRU pastikan mengundi parti yang masing2 percayai.. parti kangkung ka, parti kunyit ka, live must goes on ala2 titanic ribbba ribbaa angree angree..
Pinger maker never received device on MH370 for maintenance, reports CNN
The two black boxes on missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 were never returned to their manufacturers although they were due for overhauls and battery replacements in 2012, CNN reported today.
Quoting the president of the pinger manufacturer Dukane Seacom of Sarasota, Anish Patel, the report said that this would leave three possibilities.
First, the airline could have replaced the old pingers with new ones, or it could have had another company perform the necessary maintenance,or it could have let the scheduled maintenance lapse – meaning the pingers would have a shortened battery life, the report said.
The battery life of the pinger would have dropped from the required 30 days to 20 or 25 days if the original battery had been used in the black boxes, Patel told CNN.
It said MAS did not respond to the network's query about the compliance of the pingers on MH370.
But it noted that in an earlier email last week about the airline's storage practices, MAS said: "We are unaware of any issue with the ULB (pinger) or its batteries."
"This battery is not replaceable," the airline had said. "The battery is built-in inside the (pinger) and installed by OEM – Original Equipment Manufacturer."
The National Transportation Safety Board had earlier informed Dukane Seacom that it manufactured the pingers on MH370's black boxes.
Patel said the devices were manufactured in late 2005 and late 2006 and were due for overhauls and new batteries in 2012.
"(But) we have no record of those units ever coming back for a battery replacement."
He told CNN that because the pingers were sealed, airlines typically return them to the manufacturer for battery replacement.
But airlines sometimes chose to have other companies do the work, or they replaced the pingers entirely, he said.
Patel said MAS used to send its pinger to Dukane Seacom for maintenance but it had not done so in the "last couple of years".
"Up until 2009, 2010, we used to see it on a regular basis. So they could have gone to another protocol such as doing it themselves, or they could have gone to another repair facility," he was quoted as saying.
MAS could have also let the maintenance lapse, he said. "Theoretically, they could have eight-year-old batteries," Pated said, reported CNN.
The report said that pingers are required to operate for a minimum of 30 days. To ensure that, manufacturers installed batteries that can last longer.
Patel told CNN that his pingers could work for up to 35 days or longer at full strength.
But, he said, the time span would decrease if the batteries were not replaced.
The pinger sound, which was inaudible to human ears, would not stop immediately after it surpassed its full-strength design life, but faded over time, CNN said.
Patel told the network that the pinger would continue to emit signals with "progressively lower output levels until the unit shuts down".
The aerospace company that manufactured MH370's black boxes said MAS had sent the cockpit voice recorder to Honeywell for an overhaul and modifications in 2006.
The company noted in its paperwork that the pinger, also called a locator beacon, was set to expire in 2012, its spokesman Steven Brecken was quoted as saying.
In 2007, the airline sent the flight data recorder to Honeywell after a cockpit light indicated there was a fault with the device, CNN said.
Honeywell, Brecken said, had performed a check on it and did not find any faults. It returned the device back to MAS after making sure it was "working 100%".
However, Honeywell has no record indicating whether the airline serviced the beacons as scheduled.
"We don't perform the maintenance on the beacons, that's up to the airlines," Brecken told CNN. – April 5, 2014.
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