PETALING JAYA: The recently-relaunched aerotrain at KL International Airport broke down late on Saturday evening, forcing stranded passengers to walk a short stretch of the guideway to reach Terminal 1's satellite building.
In a statement on Sunday afternoon, Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) apologised for the incident that occurred at 10.57pm on Saturday.
"One aerotrain travelling from the Main Terminal Building (MTB) to the satellite building stopped just short of the platform doors due to a breaker trip at the MTB’s substation.
"Passengers were disembarked through the train’s emergency doors and guided safely to the satellite building by our personnel," said MAHB, adding it is investigating the matter with the train contractor, Alstom.
"The other aerotrain was operating as usual, and passenger movement between the terminals was uninterrupted," it added.
When The Star visited the site at 4am on Sunday, both trains (two out of three) were operating as usual, with no incoming passengers asked to use the fleet of airport shuttle buses that have been on standby since July 1.
On July 4, the aerotrain service was halted for an hour around 11am when heavy rain caused water ponding at the underpass.
In a statement that day, Transport Minister Anthony Loke said the cause was a failure of a pump (not part of the aerotrain replacement programme) that was supposed to drain the water, and that the incident was in no way "a breakdown" of the train.
