Malaysia Air Sabotage

Subject: Three MAS employees arrested for terrorizing Australian bound flight

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SHAH ALAM - Police have arrested three Malaysia Airlines (MAS)
employees suspected of being involved in an attempt to sabotage an
A330 Airbus aircraft on Oct 2.

Senior Assistant Commissioner Abu Bakar Mustafa said the three, aged
between 28 and 44, were maintenance workers in the engineering
department.

Two were arrested on Oct 22 and were remanded until last Friday, he
told Utusan Malaysia newspaper on Wednesday.

'The third suspect was picked up last night. Police have obtained a
remand order until Nov 6,' he said.

Police are continuing their investigations and may pick up more
suspects, he added.

The aircraft in the Oct 2 incident was scheduled to fly from the Kuala
Lumpur International Airport to Perth.

But pre-flight checks revealed that some of the plane's wires had been
tampered with.

The flight system also showed a serious malfunction of the cockpit's
flight instruments.

Three hundred passengers were transferred to another aircraft for
their flight. \-- The Star/Asia News Network

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