Malaysian upcycles discarded plane parts and turns them into art pieces


'I love all things related to the aviation industry,' says Dhanendran. Photos: The Star/Art Chen

Dhanendran Sidambram's current job involves managing how planes and their parts are bought, used and sold. As an aviation asset management consultant, he also deals with companies that specialise in aircraft recycling, which involves dismantling, component recovery and material repurposing.

"Part of my job involves liquidating older aircraft to harvest parts that we would repair and overhaul before selling back to the market. From this, we discovered that there is a huge amount of carcass along with parts from the cabin that were not reusable and destined to become scrap or aviation waste," said Dhanendran, 41, during an interview in Shah Alam recently.

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