Factual Information 2015:1.17 Organisational and Management Information/1.17.1.1.1
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.
1.17.1.1 Air Traffic Services (ATS)
1.17.1.1.1 Air Traffic Management (ATM) Sector
The Director of the ATM Sector is responsible to the DGCA for the planning, implementation and operation of the air traffic services systems in the two Malaysian Flight Information (FIR), i.e. Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu FIRs respectively, in accordance with the ICAO SARPS.
The function of the ATM Sector is responsible for the provision of air traffic service for the safe and efficient conduct of flight within Malaysian airspace pursuant to the Chicago Convention 1947.
The Malaysian airspace is divided into the Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu FIRs, where operations are associated with air traffic control units. There are 2 Air Traffic Control Centres; in Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu, a sub-centre in Kuching as well as 12 Control Towers in Peninsular Malaysia, 4 in Sabah and 8 in Sarawak.
The Director of ATM Sector is supported by Regional Director I (Peninsular Malaysia), Regional Director II (Sabah), Regional Director III (Sarawak), Director KLIA and Director of KL ATCC in the functionality of the Sector. Supporting the Regional Directors/Directors are ATCC Chiefs, Supervisors, DCA Managers, Unit Chiefs, Operational Controllers and support staff. Other entities are under the direct responsibility of the Director of ATM Sector are Aeronautical Information Service (AIS) and Procedures for Air Navigation Services and Operations (PANS-OPS).
The ICAO SARPS associated with the responsibility of ATM Sector are those contained in:
- a) Annex 1 - Personnel licensing,
- b) Annex 2 - Rules of the Air,
- c) Annex 3 - Meteorological Service for International Air Navigation
- d) Annex 4 - Aeronautical Charts
- e) Annex 5 - Units of Measurement to be used in Air and Ground Operations
- f) Annex 10 - Aeronautical Telecommunications
- g) Annex 11 - Air Traffic Services
- h) Annex 12 - Search and Rescue
- i) Annex 14 - Aerodromes
- j) Annex 15 - aeronautical Information Services
Other relevant documents are;
- a) DOC 4444 - Air Traffic Management Procedures for Air Navigation
- b) Doc 9859 - Safety Management System Manual
- c) CIR 314 - Threat and Error Management (TEM)
- d) DOC 9910 - Normal Operations Survey (NOSS)
- e) DOC 9426 - Air Traffic Services Planning Manual and
- f) Doc 9683 - Human Factors Manual
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.