Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency

Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) and MH370

Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency Bombadier CL-415
Source: Wikimedia Commons WMC-IMG-064 ‎

Agensi Penguatkuasaan Maritim Malaysia (APMM)

MMEA and the search for MH370

At 1130 MYT on Saturday, 8 March 2014 a Bombardier CL415 from the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) took off and headed to the search area east of Malaysia.

The detail below is an extract from the MMEA Annual Report 2014

CARILAMAT MH 370

Pusat Operasi Maritim (POMAR) di Ibu Pejabat telah menerima maklumat rasmi kehilangan Pesawat MH 370 dari Aeronautical Rescue Coordinating Center (ARCC) Subang pada 8 Mac 2014 jam 8.30 pagi. Sejurus selepas itu Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) telah diaktifkan di perairan Laut China Selatan dan diikuti di utara perairan Selat Melaka pada petang 9 Mac 2014. Operasi Carilamat ini berterusan sehingga arahan penangguhan diterima dari ARCC Subang pada 15 Mac, setelah pesawat tersebut dipercayai menghala ke Koridor Utara dan Selatan.

Sepanjang Operasi SAR selama 8 hari (8 - 15 Mac 2014) sebanyak 19 buat aset Maritim Malaysia telah diaturgerakkan sepanjang 24 jam secara bergilir-gilir. Antara aset yang terlibat adalah KM LANGKAWI, KM AMANAH, KM LANG, KM JUJUR, KM NUSA, KM SEBATIK, KM REDANG, KM SEGANTANG, KM GAGAH, KM MARLIN, KM KIMANIS, KM BURAU, PENYELAMAT 17, PENYELAMAT 7, PENGGALANG 18 PENGGALANG 27 untuk aset laut. Manakala aset Udara Maritim Malaysia ialah Pesawat CL 415 BOMBADIER, helikopter AW 139 dan helikopter AS 365 N3.

Sumber: Agensi Penguatkuasaan Maritim Malaysia, Laporan Tahunan, 2014 APMM-LT-2014 ‎

Translation by Google Translate:-

SEARCH FOR MH 370

The Maritime Operations Centre (POMAR) at the Headquarters received official information about the disappearance of Aircraft MH 370 from the Aeronautical Rescue Coordinating Centre (ARCC) Subang on 8 March 2014 at 8.30 am. Immediately afterwards, Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) was activated in the waters of the South China Sea and followed in the northern waters of the Strait of Malacca on the evening of 9 March 2014. This search operation continued until the suspension order was received from ARCC Subang on 15 March, after the aircraft was believed to be heading towards the Northern and Southern Corridors.

During the 8-day SAR Operation (8 - 15 March 2014), 19 Malaysian Maritime assets were deployed 24 hours a day in rotation. Among the assets involved are KM LANGKAWI, KM AMANAH, KM LANG, KM JUJUR, KM NUSA, KM SEBATIK, KM REDANG, KM SEGANTANG, KM GAGAH, KM MARLIN, KM KIMANIS, KM BURAU, PENYELAMAT 17, PENYELAMAT 7, PENGGALANG 18 PENGGALANG 27 for sea assets. Meanwhile, Malaysian Maritime Air assets are CL 415 BOMBADIER aircraft, AW 139 helicopters and AS 365 N3 helicopters.

Source: Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, Annual Report, 2014 APMM-LT-2014 ‎

MMEA Assets

A document describing maritime and aerial assets of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency follows. Many of the ships named above are included. Also the Bombardier aircraft. The document is not dated and most likely was published after 2014.

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