haihhh

your opinion?

want to share something from the past





Flying Tiger Line Flight 66 Crashed in Puchong on Sunday, 19th February 1989

It happened one Sunday morning on a clear day. I first heard about it over the TV at about 8am as I was getting ready to ride my bike for Fraser's Hills.

The aircraft descended towards the Kilo Lima NDB which was just over 7 nautical miles from Runway 33 extended centerline. The height it should have been at that point should not have been less than 2400ft. If I remember correctly there were a number of errors that conspired to cause the crash.

1. It was dark. If it was bright, the pilots would have seen the terrain.

2. The Glideslope was not available, either withdrawn or unservicable. If it was servicable, the pilots would have followed the GS and flew the slope correctly.

3. The Radar at Lumpur those days had no altitude reporting capability. If it had, the controller would have seen the aircraft descending to a level it should not descend to.

4. The Pilot misunderstood the controller's transmission to descend to 2400 ft. He thought that he's cleared to descend TO 400 ft.

The aircraft burst into flames upon impact, and was totally consumed by the post crash fire, leaving only the rudder visible. It was a fairly forgettable crash as 'only' 4 were killed.

After the accident... the phraseology was changed to 'two thousand four hundred' instead of 'two four zero zero', if i'm not mistaken...

IMC + GPWS = immediate go-around. Don't even think about anything else.

Compared to what we have in the cockpit these days, the B742 was effectively flying blind. IMC, no radar, no ILS, no approach chart....and of course no FMC and no map display. Been there, never again.

location

Bukit Permatang Kumbang, Puchong

http://aviation-safety.net/database/record...p?id=19890219-0



by using https://elevationmap.net/ we can pinpoint the exact location of the crash









This post has been edited by JimbeamofNRT: Apr 30 2018, 12:31 AM

by using https://elevationmap.net/ we can pinpoint the exact location of the crash




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the petronas location that you mentioned

taken from nst achieve 20/2/1989

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G8...frontpage&hl=en



sorry but I can't find the flight data online

yes there were orang asli settlement there even before the crash.

they were the first to arrived at the crash scene according to the news

and that is Kampung Orang Asli Rasau Hilir

btw I just realized that Sultan Idris Shah Forest Education Center is under UPM, which is in the reserved area

behind saujana puchong and puchong getaway also got mardi station

most likely that lestari puchong, lestari putra, taman equine, taman putra permai area used to be under UPM big area

This post has been edited by JimbeamofNRT: Apr 30 2018, 01:03 PM

I thought the UPM entrance at SP 1/3 got guards right?

yes I know the small entrance at the back of the shoplots at gateway puchong

but from sp 10/13 till bk 5b.... that's quite a walk

now need permission or not to enter boss?

enlightened me please, why puchong lang always fond of IOI Mall?

I've been to the mall since late 90s till now also I am quite puzzled with the jam and hard to find parking slot in the mall

still prefer Pyramid

now need to apply online or need to walk in to the upm office?

any guidance boss ? Thank you

no lah , those plane wreckage already long gone

ok thanks for the info

looking forward to this actually since it is pretty near to my place

anyway I found the online application here http://www.forr.upm.edu.my/faildokumen



This post has been edited by JimbeamofNRT: May 1 2018, 01:17 PM

I know the rangers are there at the blue lagoon area .. so that's why I want to make it as an official visit

perhaps I can suggest to my kid's school to make an official trip for that

btw thanks for the info mate

This post has been edited by JimbeamofNRT: May 1 2018, 01:44 PM

food choices are better in pyramid

sorry boss I don't shop expensive things like cartier, chanel here. too expensive.

ioi still looks like old shopping mall from the 90s

that happened bfore

bigger than ioi mall lol - yes if u have things to buy at zara and after that u wanna walk to tealive.. now that's quite a walk

chinaman co. lah this ioi. u see how sunway pyramid has transformed since 1997. even summit getting better nowadays.

and sunway pyramid also opened one year after ioi lah brother. 1997. consider 90s mall also but look what happened to pyramid now.

IOIPG got more land banks than sunway but it seems the company lost its appeal already

i think the son lee yeow sang who is the ceo should resign. so many fk up deals fall through

which part of puchong?

still remember those notorious u turns along LDP highways. when u come down from persiaran puchong jaya selatan and want to go to ioi mall, you need to take that bloody u turn which is just in front of the pusat perniagaan ioi.

those days only the brave can survive the puchongs traffic. and the drivers are super ah bengs.

you need a lot of guts to drive around puchong that's for sure

those days people will say u are crazy to buy prop in puchong.