Malaysian police to probe sabotage in MH192 emergency landing

Malaysian police is probing if there was any sabotage behind the emergency landing of a Bangalore-bound flight carrying 166 people on board and the government has sought a report within two days.
The Malaysia Airlines Flight MH192 turned back early this morning following a tyre burst and faulty landing gear.
Investigations would be carried out to see if there were elements of sabotage on the plane, Inspector General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar said while responding to Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein's call for the police to conduct an investigation.
Hishamuddin asked police to submit their report by Wednesday.
"I give them two days. On Wednesday, I want to see an early report as this is not something like MH370 that is missing in the Indian Ocean, it is related to the condition of the tyres (landing gear)," he said.

"These sort of incidents should not happen. I have directed that although MAS is under Khazanah, the investment arm of the government, the ministry should be given the report as soon as possible," he said.

Asked on possibility of sabotage, the minister said he had directed the police to get going immediately, adding, "our standard operating procedure (SOP), as with MH370, has not changed but any leads that we have must be verified and corroborated." He asked people not to speculate.
The Boeing 737-800 - carrying 159 passengers and seven crew members - was en route to Bangalore from here when it made the emergency landing.

The Malaysia Airlines said in a statement that the turn back 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 (Kuala Lumpur International Airport)," it said.
The Airport Fire Rescue Services (AFRS) were deployed as soon as the pilot was instructed to turn back to the airport by Operations Control Centre (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," the statement said.
Meanwhile, the plane with stranded passengers has left for Bangalore from Kuala Lumpur.