June 15, 2012
Flight Safety at Risk due to Defective Air Traffic Control System Upgrade
by Koh June Lin (06-08-12) @www.malaysiakini.com
A poor air trade carry out systems ascent at a National Air Traffic Control Centre (NATCC) near Subang Airport final year has put flight reserve at risk, claimed PKR leaders today.
The ascent was allegedly poor upon a installation upon Dec 13, 2011, leaving controllers clamouring for a lapse of a comparison carry out system, pronounced Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar at a press discussion today.
She told reporters which a NATCC coordinates air trade nationwide, with airfield carry out towers handling only local air traffic. She pronounced she learned of a emanate by papers as well as letters which had been left at her doorstep, copies of which she proceeded to discharge to a press though with a little names withheld.
The sincerity of a papers could not be exclusively verified at this point. "Air trade controllers deemed (the brand new system) Human-Machine Interface (HMI) inconstant with substantial weaknesses, prompting a director of a NATCC to send a memo to all trade controllers, in sold highlighting a 'inconsistency in cleared flight level'," she said.
She combined which a stipulate to ascent complement was awarded by a closed negotiated tender, as well as was part of a final phase of a two-part Malaysian Air Traffic Services Modernisation Programme (MATSMP).
Nurul Izzah (centre in photo), who is additionally a PKR Vice-President, pronounced a Phase Two of a programme costs RM120 million, while a initial phase costs RM160 million.
Malaysiakini is withholding a names of a co! ntractor s pending comment.
Among a papers she distributed was a minute antiquated January 4, purportedly sealed by eleven people together with NATCC's emissary directors of air trade control.
The minute is addressed to their director, complaining which efforts to redress a problems up to afterwards were "very disappointing", as well as air trade controllers had been suggested to be cautious.
'New complement caused staff's workload to increase'
"The brand new complement had caused our staff's workload as well as highlight to increase as well as a work environment had become uncomfortable. From time to time, we hear a officers upon duty dispute about it," a minute read.
The minute additionally pronounced although they are not against to upgrades, a brand new complement needs to be better than a old one, dubbed "System Alpha", which they pronounced should be easy if no evident movement is taken to redress a matter.
In a apart request antiquated Dec 21 final year, a contractor purportedly told a Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) which it would repair all a reported defects in March 2012, together with flights which appear to be devious from a flight trail upon a radar screen, though are actually not doing so.
Nurul Izzah pronounced she has no information upon further movement upon a matter, as well as demanded a DCA as well as a Transport Ministry to rught away reply to a allegations, insist a current border of problems affecting a nation's air trade carry out system, as well as clear a reason a plan was awarded to a contractors.
"The DCA must assure Malaysians of a current reserve standards by obtaining an eccentric audit, to be conducted by a International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), as well as to be distributed to all members of Parliament," she added.
After a press conference, a duplicate of her minute was handed over to a DCA via a bureau near Subang Airport, while another duplicate was faxed to a Transport Ministry. She was accompanied by PKR Vice-Presidents N Surendran as well as Tian Chua.
Air trade carry out military officer Johnei Idek perceived a minute upon a DCA's behalf. When contacted, DCA Director-General Azharuddin Abdul Rahman pronounced he would emanate a make a difference upon a matter. As of a time of writing, Malaysiakini is still perplexing to get a reaction from a contractors.
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