Sunday, December 26, 2010

Small fire, smoke disrupt KKIA air control services


KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 26 – A small fire and heavy smoke disrupted air traffic control services at the Kota Kinabalu International Airport this morning, Minister of Transport Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha said.

He said the incident forced personnel of the Air Traffic Control Centre to evacuate and it was shut down in adherence to safety procedures from 7.45am to 11.05am.

Kong said the airport fire and rescue team arrived at 7.50am and the fire was put out shortly after.

“According to an initial report by the Department of Civil Aviation, the smoke was from the Telekom Malaysia equipment and battery room on the first floor of the control centre, about 1.5km from the tower,” he said in a statement.

Kong said that power supply was partially restored at 10am, and by 11.05am the control centre was re-opened and operating as normal.

“The cause of the incident is under investigation,” he said.

Kong said the closure had affected 19 flights. – Bernama

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