Factual Information 2015:1.5 Personnel Information/1.5.3
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.
1.5.3 First Officer (FO)
The First Officer was born in the State of Kelantan and had his basic primary education in Segamat, Johor. He completed his 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), which is equivalent to the UK ‘O’ Level, in 2004. He was accepted as MAS Cadet Pilot and completed his flying training at the Langkawi Aerospace Training Centre, Langkawi in 2008.
His first fleet posting was on the B737-400 where he was made a Second Officer until May 2010 on completion of his Type Rating training. He was promoted to First Officer in May 2010 and was on the fleet until August 2012. He left the fleet for promotion to the A330-300 where he was First Officer until November 2013.
In November 2013 he was promoted to the B777-200. On the day of the flight, he was operating his last training flight before he was scheduled to be checked out on his next scheduled flight. His flying record for the last 72 hours and preceding 28 days cycle were well within the Company’s specified limits. His last flight was as an Operational First Officer under Line Training, was to Frankfurt, Germany, on 01 March 2014 and departed back to Malaysia on 02 March 2014. All his required licences and certificates were valid when he was operating this flight to Beijing.
Personal Profile of FO
| Sex | Male |
| Age | 27 years |
| Marital Status | Single |
| Date of joining MAS | 23 July 2007 |
| Licence type | Air Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) |
| Licence number | A3550 |
| Validity Period of Licence | 26 July 2014 |
| Ratings | Boeing B777 |
| Medical Certificate | First Class – Expired 31 October 2014 |
| Aeronautical experience | 2813:42 hours |
| Experience on type | 39:11hours |
| Last 24 hours | 0:00:00 hours |
| Last 72 hours | 0:00:00 hours |
| Last 7 days | 28:47:00 hours |
| Last 28 days | 51:17:00 hours |
| Last 90 days | 158:46:00 hours |
| Last line check * | 22 July 2013 (A330) |
| Instrument rating check * | 04 December 2012 (A330) |
| Last proficiency | 26 January 2014 |
| Last promotion | B777 FO (04 November 2013) |
* No record on B777
Source: Malaysian 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.