MASwing plane skids off runway at Marudi Airport

Four passengers and two crew members on board the aircraft are safe and the plane is not damaged but grounded for engineering inspection.

MIRI: A Twin Otter aircraft of MASwings skid off the runway while landing at Marudi Airport this afternoon.

Marudi Fire and Rescue Station chief, Zulbada Alior said the plane was carrying four passengers and two crew members and was on its way from Miri to Marudi when the incident occurred.

“The weather was fair and the aircraft skidded 30 metres from the airport runway into a field near the runway,” he said when contacted by Bernama today.

He said all passengers and crew members were safe and no casualties were reported.

He said the plane was not damaged.

Meanwhile MASwings, in a statement following the incident, said the Marudi Airport runway was closed after a Twin Otter (DHC6) aircraft operating flight MH3568 went off the runway upon landing at 3.55pm today.

“The aircraft is currently grounded to allow engineering inspection and maintenance to be conducted before returning to service,” it said.

It also said MASwings may have to reschedule its flight frequency for its Miri-Marudi routes following the runway closure.

The MH3568 flight took off from Miri Airport at 3.40pm.

The Twin Otter aircraft is part of the MASwings Rural Air Services (RAS) fleet in Sarawak.