Factual Information 2015:Appendix 1.18F/0520:16 MYT

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This page contains an extract from MH370/01/15 Factual Information which accompanied the (first) Interim Statement released by The Malaysian ICAO Annex 13 Safety Investigation Team for MH370 on 8th March 2015.



Direct Line Telephone Conversation Between KL ATCC and MAS Operations Centre
TimeSourceCONTENT
RINGING AT 2120:08 UTC
[0520:08 MYT]
ANSWERED BY MAS OPS: 2120:16 UTC
[0521:16 MYT]
2120:16 UTC
(0520:16 MYT)
MAS OperationsMorning.
2120:17 UTC
[0520:17 MYT]
KL ATCCMorning Mas ops aaa centre here any news on Eight Seven Zero.
2120:20 UTC
[0520:20 MYT]
MAS OperationsNegative sir … still … we are …haa.
2120:23 UTC
[0520:23 MYT]
KL ATCCI see.
2120:23 UTC
[0520:23 MYT]
MAS OperationsThis is aaa… actually I don't know how to explain but we are under aa… mode very stressful mode down here.
2120:35 UTC
[0520:35 MYT]
KL ATCCYeah yeah yeah laa because even Ho Chi Minh.
2120:38 UTC
[0520:38 MYT]
MAS OperationsOkay boss.
2120:39 UTC
[0520:39 MYT]
KL ATCCAah.
2120:39 UTC
[0520:39 MYT]
MAS OperationsJust hang on my xxxx [name redacted] want to talk to you.
2120:42 UTC
[0520:42 MYT]
KL ATCCOkay okay.
2120:44 UTC
[0520:44 MYT]
MAS OperationsGood morning xxx xxx [name redacted] here who's on the line please.
2120:46 UTC
[0520:46 MYT]
KL ATCCGood morning I am xxxx [name redacted] here from Air Traffic Control Centre.
2120:47 UTC
[0520:47 MYT]
MAS Operationsxxxx [name redacted] is aah xxxx [name redacted] on duty aa takda.
2120:51 UTC
[0520:51 MYT]
KL ATCCYeah.
2120:52 UTC
[0520:52 MYT]
MAS Operationsxxxx xxxx [name redacted]
2120:54 UTC
[0520:54 MYT]
KL ATCCxxxxx [name redacted] takda hari ini.
2120:55 UTC
[0520:55 MYT]
MAS OperationsTakda aaa I SMS him I think he's still sleeping anyway.
2120:57 UTC
[0520:57 MYT]
KL ATCCaah.
2120:58 UTC
[0520:58 MYT]
MAS Operationsaem... Can you please tell me.
2121:01 UTC
[0521:01 MYT]
KL ATCCAaa…
2121:02 UTC
[0521:02 MYT]
MAS OperationsThe aaa... (coughing) is the aircraft aaah… had a positive aaah… reply to handover to Ho Chi Minh.
2121:12 UTC
[0521:12 MYT]
KL ATCCAah… I see because I… I … took over roughly three three something I, I am not sure about it I can't say I….I can't I, I don’t want to commit lah.
2121:22 UTC
[0521:22 MYT]
MAS OperationsOkay.
2121:22 UTC
[0521:22 MYT]
KL ATCCaah.
2121:23 UTC
[0521:23 MYT]
MAS Operationsfine, fair enough.
2121:23 UTC
[0521:23 MYT]
KL ATCCah but.
2121:24 UTC
[0521:24 MYT]
MAS Operationscan you find out
2121:25 UTC
[0521:25 MYT]
KL ATCCah
2121:25 UTC
[0521:25 MYT]
MAS Operationswith the previous controller
2121:26 UTC
[0521:26 MYT]
KL ATCCah
2121:26 UTC
[0521:26 MYT]
MAS Operationsor your system record,
2121:28 UTC
[0521:28 MYT]
KL ATCCaah ha
2121:29 UTC
[0521:29 MYT]
MAS OperationI suggest aaa… whatever we have here.
2121:32 UTC
[0521:32 MYT]
KL ATCChm.
2121:33 UTC
[0521:33 MYT]
MAS OperationsSuggest that the aircraft had never leave Lumpur airspace, okay.
2121:41 UTC
[0521:41 MYT]
KL ATCCHad never leave Lumpur airspace.
2121:42 UTC
[0521:42 MYT]
MAS OperationsYea he have not left Lumpur airspace because he has failed to call Ho Chi Minh.
2121:48 UTC
[0521:48 MYT]
KL ATCCAah,
2121:49 UTC
[0521:49 MYT]
MAS OperationsThat's what that's what Ho Chi Minh said lah,
2121:51 UTC
[0521:51 MYT]
KL ATCChm hm hm,
2121:51 UTC
[0521:51 MYT]
MAS OperationsIs it confirm or not you don't know lah,
2121:53 UTC
[0521:53 MYT]
KL ATCCNo I don't know but I, I check I check with Ho Chi Minh.
2121:57 UTC
[0521:57 MYT]
MAS Operationsaaa.
2121:58 UTC
[0521:58 MYT]
KL ATCCAah I check with Ho Chi Minh he said he he observed on radar.
2122:04 UTC
[0522:04 MYT]
MAS Operationsaah…
2122:05 UTC
[0522:05 MYT]
KL ATCCSomewhere BITOD the aaa… IGARI, BITOD, BITOD side that’s mean under under Ho Chi minh airspace.
2122:10 UTC
[0522:10 MYT]
MAS OperationsThey observed it on radar until BITOD.
2122:13 UTC
[0522:13 MYT]
KL ATCCAaa… somewhere BITOD they said few seconds only there just a blip there then I, I asked him what level was the aircraft.
2122:19 UTC
[0522:19 MYT]
MAS OperationsAaa,
2122:20 UTC
[0522:20 MYT]
KL ATCCThen he said level three five zero that that mean true lah, based on aaa because aircraft was flying on three five zero.
2122:26 UTC
[0522:26 MYT]
MAS OperationsOkay.
2122:27 UTC
[0522:27 MYT]
KL ATCCAah.
2122:27 UTC
[0522:27 MYT]
MAS OperationsAll the FIR further down the line,
2122:29 UTC
[0522:29 MYT]
KL ATCCAah
2122:30 UTC
[0522:30 MYT]
MAS OperationsHas aah fail to pick up aaa… pick it up on radar and communication.
2122:36 UTC
[0522:36 MYT]
KL ATCCEhem.
2122:37 UTC
[0522:37 MYT]
MAS OperationsSo one when was the last communication Ho Chi Minh.
2122:42 UTC
[0522:42 MYT]
KL ATCCYa leh last communication I also I can't say because based on radar now… nowaday kan… nowaday last communication whenever you talk with the aircraft we didn't we didn't put in the time the timing normally no timing no timing we ar ar ar no.
2122:58 UTC
[0522:58 MYT]
MAS OperationsI suggest
2122:59 UTC
[0522:59 MYT]
KL ATCCAah
2122:59 UTC
[0522:59 MYT]
MAS OperationsI suggest,
2123:01 UTC
[0523:01 MYT]
KL ATCCYes yes.
2123:02 UTC
[0523:02 MYT]
MAS OperationsYou get,
2123:02 UTC
[0523:02 MYT]
KL ATCCI, I.
2123:03 UTC
[0523:03 MYT]
MAS OperationsTry to trace back the record.
2123:04 UTC
[0523:04 MYT]
KL ATCCAaa I see, I see yeah.
2123:05 UTC
[0523:05 MYT]
MAS OperationsVoice record.
2123:06 UTC
[0523:06 MYT]
KL ATCCAah.
2123:06 UTC
[0523:06 MYT]
MAS OperationsAaa what time was that positive hand over.
2123:09 UTC
[0523:09 MYT]
KL ATCCYa.
2123:10 UTC
[0523:10 MYT]
MAS OperationsTo Ho Chi Minh because we need to know where is the aircraft you know.
2123:13 UTC
[0523:13 MYT]
KL ATCCOkay okay okay I got it.
2123:14 UTC
[0523:14 MYT]
MAS OperationsThis this I appreciate you tell me that that the radar blip at BITOD.
2123:18 UTC
[0523:18 MYT]
KL ATCCAaaa… never mind laa I wake up my supervisor and ask him to check again to go to the room and check what what the last contact all this thing lah.
2123:27 UTC
[0523:27 MYT]
MAS OperationsYes.
2123:27 UTC
[0523:27 MYT]
KL ATCCI will ask them to check la.
2123:29 UTC
[0523:29 MYT]
MAS OperationsOkay.
2123:29 UTC
[0523:29 MYT]
KL ATCCOkay okay who is on the line?
2123:30 UTC
[0523:30 MYT]
MAS OperationsEer xxx [name redacted] here I'll give you my mobile number
2123:33 UTC
[0523:33 MYT]
KL ATCCAah.. hold on hold on
2123:34 UTC
[0523:34 MYT]
MAS OperationsZero one two.
2123:34 UTC
[0523:34 MYT]
KL ATCCHold on hold on yeah aaa eee hmm…. aaa…xxxxx xxxx [name redacted] aaa okay zero one two.
2123:46 UTC
[0523:46 MYT]
MAS Operationsxxx xxx xxx [number redacted]
2123:47 UTC
[0523:47 MYT]
KL ATCCxxx xxx xxxx [number redacted]
2123:48 UTC
[0523:48 MYT]
MAS Operationsxxx xxx xxx xxxx [number redacted]
2123:50 UTC
[0523:50 MYT]
KL ATCCxxx xxx xxx xxxx [number redacted] aah
2123:53 UTC
[0523:53 MYT]
MAS OperationsOkay xxxxx [name redacted] how do I get you?
2123:54 UTC
[0524:54 MYT]
KL ATCCAah.. okay you keep give my centre centre number.
2123:57 UTC
[0523:57 MYT]
MAS OperationsOkay what is the number please.
2123:59 UTC
[0523:59 MYT]
KL ATCCAah…hold on naa
2124:14 UTC
[0524:14 MYT]
Source unknown"Eeh eeh up up" "via Papa Kilo" (background voice)
2124:18 UTC
[0524:18 MYT]
KL ATCCxxxxxxxx okay xxxx xxxx xxxx [number redacted]
2124:24 UTC
[0524:24 MYT]
MAS Operationsahm
2124:25 UTC
[0524:25 MYT]
KL ATCCxxx xxx aah xxx xxx [number redacted]
2124:29 UTC
[0524:29 MYT]
MAS OperationsSorry xxx xxx xxx [number redacted]
2124:30 UTC
[0524:30 MYT]
KL ATCCxxx xxx xxx xxx xxx [number redacted] hold on hold on.
2124:33 UTC
[0524:33 MYT]
Interrupted by incoming call from aircraft JSA 20
2124:38 UTC
[0524:38 MYT]
KL ATCCHold on aah
Controller answering aircraft's transmission
2124:49 UTC
[0524:49 MYT]
KL ATCCAaa Hello
2124:50 UTC
[0524:50 MYT]
MAS OperationsYa
2124:51 UTC
[0524:51 MYT]
KL ATCCHello xxx xxx xxx xxxx [number redacted]
2124:53 UTC
[0524:53 MYT]
MAS Operationsxxx xxx xxx xxx [number redacted]
2124:54 UTC
[0524:54 MYT]
KL ATCCxxx xxx xxx xxx [number redacted]
2124:55 UTC
[0524:55 MYT]
MAS Operationsxxx xxx xxx xxx [number redacted] aah
2124:56 UTC
[0524:56 MYT]
KL ATCChm hm
2124:58 UTC
[0524:58 MYT]
MAS OperationsOkay thank you.
2124:59 UTC
[0524:59 MYT]
KL ATCCOkay right.
End of Direct Line Telephone Conversation Between KL ATCC and MAS Operations Centre
Comments and Notes



SourceMalaysian ICAO Annex 13 Safety Investigation Team for MH370, 8 March 2015, Factual Information MH370/01/15

The Factual Information was updated in 2018 by the Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018 which added new content but did not include all of the previous data.