Gas leaked from abandoned skid tank at KLIA Cargo Terminal, area safe now, say cops

KLIA police chief ACP Azman Shari'at (right) at the scene earlier on Thursday (July 4). With him is Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director Ahmad Mukhlis Mokhtar.

SEPANG: The gas leak reported at Sepang Aircraft Engineering’s Southern Support Zone of Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) has been traced to an abandoned skid tank, left unattended for nine years.

KLIA police chief ACP Azman Shari'at (pic) said the leaking gas has been identified as methyl mercaptan or methanethiol, a colourless flammable gas with a distinct odour resembling rotten eggs or cabbage.