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Usair Flight 427, a 737-300, Crashed Near Pittsburgh, PA, Killing 132 People WITHOUT PREJUDICE Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, Malaysia 8-7-2014 Email: [email protected] 5 Cc: Datuk Azharuddin Abdul Rahman (DCA) director-general DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION, MALAYSIA No. 27 Persiaran Perdana Aras 1-4 Blok Podium, 62618 Putrajaya Tel : +60388714000 Fax : 603 - 8890 1640 Email : [email protected] 10 Mr Tony Abbott MP (Commonwealth of Australia) [email protected] Re: 20140708-G. H .Schorel-Hlavka O.W.B. to Datuk Seri Najib Razak Prime Minister of Malaysia & Mr Tony Abbott PM- Re: MISSING PLANE 15 Sir, I understood that MH380 a 737 had previous problems when on a flight from Australia to Kuala Lumpur. At least that is what I understood from a television program about 737 rudder problems. While missing flight HM370 is a 777 it doesn’t mean that a problem that may have occurred in one model (737) may not eventuate in a new model (777). While I understand that 20 MH 380 had its flight from Kuala Lumpur to Guangzhou nevertheless as I recall the program to refer to MH380 - 737 having this rudder problem when flying from Australia to Kuala Lumpur I hold it important to remain open minded. Also, the fact that reportedly (see quotation below) Malaysian Airlines may have financial difficulties one has to consider if then for insurance purposes MH370 disappeared as to be ab le to obtain some cash. It may be held to be a ridiculous 25 consideration but not really when one may consider other factors regarding highly skilled person awaiting approval of a patent, etc, word huge amount of monies and reportedly valuable cargo. And it seems to me utterly ridiculous that the Malaysian Air Force, etc, didn’t bother to check out a mysterious plane as after all by this it placed the lives of Malaysians unduly at risk. In my view, as I referred to within 48 hours of the plane going missing, one must consider the 30 radius that the plane could have flown (and that is without even refuelling) and then eliminate every possible issue that may be considered by disproving it. If it cannot be disproven then so to say it should remain on the cards. That were real human beings on that plane and we owe it to them and all future air travellers to not stop investigating every possible option. 35 As was shown with the altitude and the auto pilot error in many planes that crashed (2009), such as the Turkeys airliner just short of Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport if you ignore proper investigation then people can and will lose their lives. Was such or similar problem existing with the 777 but no one really realized it to be a problem? Was MH370 by radio control or otherwise set on a pre-programmed course of destruction? 40 As for the air safety report Central Air Safety - Accident Investigation (see below) http://cf.alpa.org/mec/aaa/docs/newmectoday/arc/airwaves/aw9904/9904ntsb.htm the real reason was establish about 5 years later to be a jam in the cylinder (operating the rudder) that eventuated at a certain height. It was when a third plane had the same problem but I understood being MH380 737 leaving Australia safely landed that the problem could be established by using 45 hot and cold temperatures on the cylinder, even so neither Wikipedia or the Accident Investigation report refers to this (see quotations below). p1 8-7-2014 INSPECTOR-RIKATI® about the BLACK HOLE in the CONSTITUTION-DVD A 1st edition limited special numbered book on Data DVD ISBN 978-0-9803712-6-0 PLEASE NOTE: You may order books in the INSPECTOR-RIKATI® series by making a reservation, See also Http://www.schorel-hlavka.com Blog at Http://www.scrib.com/InspectorRikati http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20140703-Miracle-workers/Business/How-radical-can-a- stateowned-Malaysia-Airlines-change QUOTE 5 July 3, 2014 12:00 am JST Loss-laden Malaysia Airlines faces hard choices A Malaysia Airlines jet sits on the tarmac at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The carrier has posted big losses for three straight years. © Reuters 10 KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia Airlines, hit with the loss of one of its flights in March, is also under pressure from shareholders to sort out its finances. Malaysia Airlines CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya meets the press June 25 after the annual general meeting in Kuala Lumpur. © Reuters 15 p2 8-7-2014 INSPECTOR-RIKATI® about the BLACK HOLE in the CONSTITUTION-DVD A 1st edition limited special numbered book on Data DVD ISBN 978-0-9803712-6-0 PLEASE NOTE: You may order books in the INSPECTOR-RIKATI® series by making a reservation, See also Http://www.schorel-hlavka.com Blog at Http://www.scrib.com/InspectorRikati At a shareholders meeting June 25, the national carrier admitted that it needs to drastically change the way it does business but offered scant details on what it has in mind. When the floor was opened for questions, management faced quite a barrage. 5 According to attendees, most of the queries focused on why the company has performed so badly, posting huge losses for three consecutive years. This despite a number of business plans crafted with the goal of escaping the doldrums. Another key topic was the financial impact of flight MH370, which went missing en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people aboard, more than half of 10 whom were Chinese nationals. And shareholders demanded to know how management intends to get the business back on track. Executives assured the stockholders that the ill-fated flight was insured, barring the damage to the carrier's reputation. Malaysia Airlines has seen a 60% drop in business from China since the plane was lost March 8. 15 As for a turnaround, management would only say it is looking at all options. "Malaysia Airlines should revamp everything," shareholder Chang Tek Huat, 65, told reporters. He added that the board should take responsibility for the weak results that have plagued the company for 15 years. 20 During the meeting, minority shareholders voted down one of eight resolutions, covering payment of directors' fees amounting to 396,000 ringgit ($123,000). The resolution was subsequently passed through the polls by the majority shareholders who have control over 70% stake, but the directors ultimately decided to decline 25 the remuneration. Uncertain path p3 8-7-2014 INSPECTOR-RIKATI® about the BLACK HOLE in the CONSTITUTION-DVD A 1st edition limited special numbered book on Data DVD ISBN 978-0-9803712-6-0 PLEASE NOTE: You may order books in the INSPECTOR-RIKATI® series by making a reservation, See also Http://www.schorel-hlavka.com Blog at Http://www.scrib.com/InspectorRikati With business dwindling and cash running low, analysts have drawn up a few possibilities for recovery, including bankruptcy. Malaysia Airlines is extremely reluctant to go that route. "We will consider bankruptcy if we are insolvent, but we are not," Chairman 5 Mohamad Nor Yusof said after the meeting. The airline, he said, is still able to pay its debts, with cash reserves of about 3 billion ringgit. Khazanah Nasional, the majority shareholder, said last month it will unveil a rescue plan in about a year. The national investment fund owns 69% of the airline. The carrier says fuel accounts for more than 40% of its operation costs, followed 10 by salaries paid to its nearly 20,000 employees. A Malaysian brokerage has suggested that the airline slim down by reducing flights and manpower. RHB Research Institute, in a recent note, projected that the airline would be able to cut its losses to 349 million ringgit in fiscal 2015 "at the expense of a one-off mutual separation scheme." This downsizing, RHB said, would entail an upfront 15 cost of 750 million ringgit. In its 42 years of incorporation, Malaysia Airlines has gone through a series of ownership changes. It went from being a wholly owned state company to private hands, and then in 2000 it reverted to majority government ownership. Excessive reliance on the government is considered part of the company's problem. 20 Whatever happened, there was always "a grandfather to fall back on," said an analyst at the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs, a local think tank. (Nikkei) END QUOTE 25 http://airlineroute.net/2012/08/17/mh-w12update2/ QUOTE Kuala Lumpur – Guangzhou 28OCT12 – 17FEB13 Airbus A330-300 replaces -200, 1 daily eff 18FEB13 Introduction of 2nd Daily service (MH380/381). All 2 daily flights operated by Boeing 30 737-800 MH376 KUL0930 – 1335CAN 738 D MH380 KUL2005 – 0010+1CAN 738 D END QUOTE 35 http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/other-asian-australian-south-pacific-airlines/1465641-mh-a380- kul-lhr-f-mini-tr.html QUOTE MH A380 KUL-LHR F Mini-TR May 9, 13, 11:46 am 40 END QUOTE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_rudder_issues QUOTE Boeing 737 rudder issues 45 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia p4 8-7-2014 INSPECTOR-RIKATI® about the BLACK HOLE in the CONSTITUTION-DVD A 1st edition limited special numbered book on Data DVD ISBN 978-0-9803712-6-0 PLEASE NOTE: You may order books in the INSPECTOR-RIKATI® series by making a reservation, See also Http://www.schorel-hlavka.com Blog at Http://www.scrib.com/InspectorRikati Jump to: navigation, search This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (March 2008) Starting in 1991, a number of accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 737 were the result of uncommanded movement of their rudders.
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