Stowaway onboard SQ flight
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SINGAPORE, Oct 12 (Bernama) -- A man who sneaked into a Singapore Airlines (SIA) plane from Kuala Lumpur last night has been handed over to police.
Osama R M Shublaq, said to be a Palestinian, hid inside the wheel well of the SIA flight SQ119 that flew in from Kuala Lumpur at 10.56pm, according to a report in the Straits Times' online edition.
The man stunned the Changi Airport ground crew who were waiting to serve the twin-engine Boeing 777-200 when he fell out of the area where the front landing gear is stowed, it said. He was taken away by police.
The Straits Times quoted Datuk Azmi Murad, Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) Senior General Manager (Operations), as saying SIA had informed MAHB, operator of the KL International Airport in Sepang, about the incident.
"We will assist and cooperate with Singapore authorities to investigate how it happened," he said.
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=289836
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it sounds so wrongOriginally posted by Pitot:SINGAPORE, Oct 12 (Bernama) -- A man who sneaked into a Singapore Airlines (SIA) plane from Kuala Lumpur last night has been handed over to police.
Osama R M Shublaq, said to be a Palestinian, hid inside the wheel well of the SIA flight SQ119 that flew in from Kuala Lumpur at 10.56pm, according to a report in the Straits Times' online edition.
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=289836 
hid inside the wheel
but i thought the atmosphere and the temp up there in the air is way cooler like - 10 degrees
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The flight from KL to singapore is only worth 45mins.Originally posted by kenn3th:it sounds so wrong
hid inside the wheel
but i thought the atmosphere and the temp up there in the air is way cooler like - 10 degrees how he managed to survive? -
Originally posted by ditzy:The flight from KL to singapore is only worth 45mins. guess he wanted an early christmas
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Just how he managed to get into KLIA?
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Originally posted by sbst275:Just how he managed to get into KLIA? somehow
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Think 50 ringgit
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kopi $$$Originally posted by ceecookie:Think 50 ringgit -
and his name is Osama.....
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Come here to face Changi prison and leave
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Originally posted by Rock^Star:and his name is Osama.....
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no wonder Bush cant find him lah..... wrong country lahOriginally posted by Rock^Star:and his name is Osama..... -
rotan summore. bo hua.Originally posted by sbst275:Come here to face Changi prison and leave -
Brings life to the otherwise boring lives of airport service crew members.
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Second stowaway found on SIA plane
Man was in cabin seat on cargo plane from the UAE to Holland
Straits Times Online, The (Singapore)
Nov 9, 2007
By Liaw Wy-Cin
ANOTHER stowaway has been found on a Singapore Airlines (SIA) plane, the second in a month.
The unauthorised passenger managed to get his way into the cabin area of a cargo plane which was flying from Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates - about 30 minutes' drive from Dubai - to Amsterdam, Holland on Tuesday.
The Straits Times understands that he was caught sitting in one of the six seats, just several metres behind the pilots, after an hour into the seven-hour flight, which was forced to turn back.
It is believed that the first officer of the plane was going to the galley to prepare a meal when he saw the "burly Indian man".
The man could not speak English, did not appear drunk and was calm during the flight. He was served food and drink and was not restrained during the flight.
As a precaution, however, the pilots returned to Sharjah Airport, where the man was taken away by the police there, said an SIA spokesman when contacted. The pilots were concerned that the man would turn violent if he "saw sand instead of tulips", said sources, who added that the shade next to man's seat was pulled down so that the stowaway would not know where the plane was heading.
On Oct 11, a Palestinian fell out of the nose wheel well of an SIA passenger plane at Changi Airport after it arrived from Kuala Lumpur.
Tuesday's incident raises security concerns for pilots of cargo planes because unlike passenger jets, there is no cockpit door protecting them.
Investigations into the incident are underway.
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Originally posted by ^tamago^:
another one
[b]Second stowaway found on SIA plane
Man was in cabin seat on cargo plane from the UAE to Holland
Straits Times Online, The (Singapore)
Nov 9, 2007
By Liaw Wy-Cin
ANOTHER stowaway has been found on a Singapore Airlines (SIA) plane, the second in a month.
The unauthorised passenger managed to get his way into the cabin area of a cargo plane which was flying from Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates - about 30 minutes' drive from Dubai - to Amsterdam, Holland on Tuesday.
The Straits Times understands that he was caught sitting in one of the six seats, just several metres behind the pilots, after an hour into the seven-hour flight, which was forced to turn back.
It is believed that the first officer of the plane was going to the galley to prepare a meal when he saw the "burly Indian man".
The man could not speak English, did not appear drunk and was calm during the flight. He was served food and drink and was not restrained during the flight.
As a precaution, however, the pilots returned to Sharjah Airport, where the man was taken away by the police there, said an SIA spokesman when contacted. The pilots were concerned that the man would turn violent if he "saw sand instead of tulips", said sources, who added that the shade next to man's seat was pulled down so that the stowaway would not know where the plane was heading.
On Oct 11, a Palestinian fell out of the nose wheel well of an SIA passenger plane at Changi Airport after it arrived from Kuala Lumpur.
Tuesday's incident raises security concerns for pilots of cargo planes because unlike passenger jets, there is no cockpit door protecting them.
Investigations into the incident are underway.
Read the full story in Saturday's edition of The Straits Times.[/b] why none of them are found in the A380
Stowaway found sleeping in A380 -
how do u know it's boring?Originally posted by polarsnake:Brings life to the otherwise boring lives of airport service crew members.
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Stowaway found on SIA plane flying from UAE
10 November 2007
Straits Times, The (Singapore)
Prime News
THE first officer of a Singapore Airlines cargo jet flying from the Middle East to Amsterdam was on his way to prepare himself a meal when he made a startling discovery.
Seated calmly in one of the aircraft's six passenger seats was 'a big burly Indian man', The Straits Times learnt. He could not speak English, and was not hostile.
The jet was an hour into a seven-hour flight from Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to Amsterdam on Tuesday morning when the stowaway was discovered.
The first officer informed the captain, who turned back to Sharjah, where the man was handed over to the police.
Confirming the incident yesterday, SIA spokesman Stephen Forshaw said the airline was concerned that an unauthorised passenger had entered an aircraft, and had taken up the issue with the Sharjah Airport authorities.
' Singapore Airlines Cargo security staff have travelled to Sharjah to work with the airport authorities to identify how this lapse in security has occurred and ensure measures are put in place to ensure it does not recur,' he added.
This was the second stowaway found on an SIA plane in a month. On Oct 11, a Palestinian fell out of the nose wheel well at Changi Airport after a passenger flight from Kuala Lumpur landed. He was handed over to Malaysian authorities and charged with trespassing on a protected area of the airport.
In this week's incident, it is not known yet where the man got on the Boeing 747-400F.
The flight had originated in Bangalore, India, and stopped over at Sharjah Airport before taking off on Tuesday morning for Amsterdam.
It is believed that the man entered the cargo hold and, while the aircraft was in flight, climbed up a ladder inside to get to the cabin seats.
If he had sneaked on in Bangalore, he might have escaped detection at Sharjah because not all the cargo was unloaded there.
How he got inside is being investigated because the entrance to the cargo area is usually guarded by armed airport security personnel.
Pilots get on the Boeing 747-400F freighter aircraft via a staircase from outside the plane. Once inside, they go up a ladder to the upper deck, where the cockpit and cabin seats are located.
Only two people were supposed to be on this flight - the captain and the first officer.
The Straits Times learnt that the stowaway was calm after being discovered.
To make sure he remained that way, the captain asked the first officer to serve the man some food and drinks, and to pull down the window shades so he would not suspect that the plane was returning to Sharjah.
This incident has raised safety concerns for pilots because there is no cockpit door on cargo aircraft.
An aviation safety expert said that, given the busy airport environments these days, it could be easy for people 'to walk in, look like they were doing something legitimate and not be challenged'.
Said Dr John Harrison, head of terrorism research at the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research at the Nanyang Technological University's S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies: 'But we have to challenge, and it is important to use this case as an important example of how security can be breached.'
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WTF?!
This time the man actually sat in the cabin???
something is wrong with the airport ops in dubai man! -
It OK 2 be smart but dun act smart
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KL drops charges against Palestinian stowaway on SIA
Prosecutors cite humanitarian reason; Osama will be deported to Gaza
Straits Times, The (Singapore)
Asia - Malaysia
November 21, 2007
Author: Chow Kum Hor, Malaysia Correspondent
KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIAN prosecutors yesterday withdrew 'on humanitarian grounds' a trespassing charge against a Palestinian who sneaked aboard a Singapore Airlines plane last month.
The move came after the Palestinian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur appealed to the government to reconsider charging stowaway Osama R.M. Shublaq, 28.
'We were told that the government withdrew the charge on humanitarian grounds,' Osama's lawyer, Ms Latheefa Koya, told The Straits Times.
Osama, who allegedly suffered from depression, had hoped to seek political asylum in Malaysia after fleeing from a conflict-ridden area.
The Palestinian is said to have entered Malaysia on a social visit pass on Sept 15.
Last month, he was charged with trespassing in a protected area in the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) on Oct 11. He was believed to have evaded security by scaling the airport's perimeter fences.
Osama will be held at an immigration detention centre and is expected to be deported later this week.
A senior officer with the Selangor prosecutor's office said the instructions to withdraw the charge came from the Attorney-General's Chambers.
'The A-G agreed to use his discretionary powers in this case,' said the officer, speaking on condition of anonymity.
He added that police had also questioned Osama on how he managed to escape detection and sneak on to the SIA plane headed for Singapore.
Mr Ahmed Metani, a Palestinian Embassy official, said Osama would be sent back to Gaza City, where he is expected to be interrogated by the Palestinian authorities.
On Oct 11, the Palestinian shocked ground crew at Singapore's Changi Airport when he fell out of the Boeing 777-200's nose wheel well when the plane landed.
He was cold and dizzy from lack of oxygen after the 55- minute flight but was otherwise unhurt.
The next day, he was charged with entering Singapore without valid documentation. But a few days later, the charge was withdrawn and he was deported to Malaysia.
The case caused some embarrassment to the Malaysian government when it emerged that KLIA's closed-circuit cameras had failed to capture images of Osama entering the airport's security area.
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Copyright, 2007, Singapore Press Holdings Limited