The
Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority has confirmed the Kuala Lumpur-based
budget airline has been subject to increased checks since the captain
inadvertently entered the wrong longitude in the flight navigation system in
March.
The error,
outlined in an Australian Transport Safety Bureau report published last week,
placed the Kuala Lumpur-bound plane 11,000km away from its actual location,
prompting it to turn the wrong way after taking off and cross the departure
path of an adjacent parallel runway.
The crew did
not detect the navigation problem until the plane was airborne.
The plane was
not fitted with an upgraded flight management system that would have prevented
the data-entry error.
Their
attempts to fix the problem made matters worse by affecting key flight guidance
and control systems.
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