MAS flight MH136 stops takeoff to avoid crashing into jet

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH136 from Adelaide to Kuala Lumpur almost collided with an incoming flight today. – The Malaysian Insider pic, July 29, 2014.

Passengers and crew aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH136 from Adelaide to Kuala Lumpur today had a scare when the aircraft was instructed to discontinue its takeoff to avoid colliding with an incoming flight, the New Straits Times (NST) reports.

The flight, which had 167 passengers, was already on the take-off roll when it received instructions from the Adelaide Air Traffic Control to stop.

The NST said the landing plane was in the same flight path as the Malaysia Airlines jetliner.

"MH136 stopped its takeoff safely and waited the required cool-down time on its brakes before departing from Adelaide."

Flight MH136 departed Adelaide at 8.56am and arrived at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 3.15pm.

July has been a tragic month for aviation with three aircraft disasters in the space of a fortnight.

On July 17, Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a surface-to-air missile over eastern Ukraine.

All 15 crew members and 283 passengers lost their lives in the disaster.

On July 23, TransAsia Airways flight GE222 attempted a forced landing at the Kaohsiung International Airport in Taiwan.

However, the flight crashed in a small patch of empty land a distance away from the landing strip, resulting in the deaths of 48 passengers while 10 others were injured.

On July 24, Air Algerie flight 5017 crashed in Mali after departing from Burkina Faso bound for Algeria.

All 118 crew and passengers of the flight died in the incident.

- TMI