SIA pilots suspended

Wed, 14 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB | Source: AFP

SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore Airlines has suspended the captain
and first officer of an Airbus A-310 that was involved in a near-
collision with a Malaysian Airlines System (MAS) Boeing 737-400
jet last week, airline sources said yesterday.

The identities of the two pilots are being withheld, pending
investigations into the incident, which occurred in hazy
conditions as the two aircraft were about to land at the trouble-
plagued Kuala Lumpur international airport.

The MAS plane was forced to abort its landing after the SIA
aircraft, which had been trailing behind, somehow reached the
runway first, according to accounts of the incident in Kuala
Lumpur.

The near-miss was the second in three weeks, after fire
knocked out the airport's multi-million-dollar approach radar on
Aug. 13, plunging airline schedules into chaos.

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