KL blames French for radar fire

Wed, 19 Oct 1994 | Source: AFP

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's transport minister yesterday rejected opposition taunts of incompetence and blamed a French supplier for a fire that knocked out a radar at Subang International Airport in August.

"The radar was supplied, installed and maintained by the French, who are world leaders as radar manufacturers. No Malaysians were involved," the minister, Ling Liong Sik, told reporters.

The blaze on Aug. 13 damaged the airport's 16.5-million- ringgit ($6.4-million) approach radar, supplied by Thomson-CSF of France in December 1992.

Flight schedules were plunged into chaos and a top aviation official was later removed.

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