AirAsia flight from Melaka to Penang grounded after LTAM air traffic control glitch


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 03 Jul 2019

The AirAsia Group received approvals for 22 air traffic rights from the Malaysian Aviation Commission (MavCom) in the second quarter ended June 30, 2019.

MELAKA: The Melaka International Airport (LTAM) in Batu Berendam grounded an AirAsia flight to Penang, following an apparent failure to the navigation system at the airport’s air traffic control tower.

The flight code AK6285 was supposed to depart the airport at about 2.50pm on Wednesday (July 3).

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