Fariq Hamid
Fariq Abdul Hamid
Fariq Hamid was the the First Officer, or co-pilot, on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Fariq was 27 and engaged to be married.
Fariq joined Malaysia Airlines in 2007 and trained at the Langkawi Aerospace Training Centre. He was promoted to First Officer in 2010 and flew on Boeing 737 and the Airbus A330. He was transitioning to the Boeing 777 aircraft and had completed five flights with a check pilot.
On Flight MH370, Fariq was supervised by the Pilot-in-Command, Captain Zaharie Shah. Captain Shah was a Type Rating Instructor and a Type rating Examiner for the Boeing 777.
Prior to departure from Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Saturday, 8 March 2014, Captain Shah manoeuvred the aircraft from the terminal to the runway (company policy) and transferred control to Hamid.
Fariq Hamid was the pilot flying Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 9M-MRO on flight MH370 on the flight plan route from departure at least as far as the waypoint IGARI over the South China Sea.
See Also: MH370 Crew/Fariq Bin Ab Hamid.
Background
Career Summary
- 2004
- Completed secondary Education in Maktab Rendah Sains MARA (MRSM) or MARA Junior Science College in Taiping, Perak, where he left with the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM)
- 2008
- Completed flying training at the Langkawi Aerospace Training Centre, Langkawi (as a MAS Cadet Pilot).
- 2008 - 2010
- Posted to the B737-400 where he was made a Second Officer until May 2010 on completion of Type Rating training.
- 2010 (May)
- Promoted to First Officer and remained on the B737-400 fleet until August 2012.
- 2012 (August)
- Promoted to the A330-300 where he was First Officer until November 2013.
- 2013 (November)
- Promoted to the B777-200 as an Operational First Officer under Line Training
- 2014
- Was the First Officer on the B777-200 flight MH370 which disappeared on 8th March 2014
Aviation Experience
Total hours: 2813
Experience on Type (B777-200): 39 hours
Last line check: 22 July 2013 (A330) and no record on B777
Instrument rating Check: 4 December 2012 (A330) and no record on B777
Source:- Adapted from the Factual Information, Safety Investigation for MH370 issued by the Safety Investigation Team for MH370, Ministry of Transport, Malaysia, on 8th March 2015