Cops to summon more witnesses in KLIA system outage probe

Police will summon more individuals to assist in its investigation into the four-day systems outage in KLIA two weeks ago.

"The investigation still underway. We will call a few individuals to assist the probe," KLIA police chief Zulkifli Adamshah was quoted as saying by Sinar Harian.

"The process is going to take time in terms of technical and other aspects."

To date, Zulkifli said, a total of eight individuals – including four IT content engineers from Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd – have had their statements recorded.

The KLIA systems disruption began on the night of Aug 21, and resulted in 68 flights being delayed as of 10pm the next day.

On Aug 22, Transport Minister Anthony Loke apologised for the flight delays, and demanded an explanation from MAHB.

Four days later, the airport operator said it did not rule out the possibility of sabotage.

This immediately prompted the Transport Ministry to announce the establishment of a committee to investigate the failure of KLIA's Total Airport Management System (Tams).

Loke later said that all parties, including the airport operator, to cease speculation and let the police and the committee probe the systems outage. -Mkini