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 03:56:13 MYT Saturday, 8 March 2014

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KL ACC queried MAS Operations Centre for any latest information or contact with MH370.

Event Details

1. Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018 1.18.1 SIR 2018:1 Factual Information/1.18/1.18.1/6 Chronology of Activities after Notification by HCM ACC ATC Activities after Notification by HCM ACC

   At 1956:13 UTC [0356:13 MYT] KL ACC queried Malaysia Airlines Operations for any latest information or contact with MH370.

2. Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018 2.2.7 Table 2.2C - Chronology of ATC Events following the Disappearance of MH370

   KL ACC queried MAS Operations Centre for any latest information or contact with MH370.

3. Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018 Table 2.2I - Direct Line Communication Exchanges between KL ACC and ODC

   No.	Time [MYT]	Direct-Line Communication Exchanges
   2.	0356:13 - 0357:39	KL ACC initiated the call and enquired about MH370. MAS replied: “Not yet”.

4. Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018 Appendix 1.18F

   Direct Line Telephone Conversation Between KL ATCC (Sector 3+5) And MAS Operations Centre
   Time	Source	CONTENT
   1956:13 UTC (0356:13 MYT)	KL ATCC	Dialing Direct Telephone Line.
   1956:19 UTC [0356:19 MYT]	KL ATCC	(Satu dua Enam Empat) [National Language]
   1956:22 UTC [0356:22 MYT]		Direct Telephone ringing
   1956:27 UTC [0356:27 MYT]	MAS Operations	Hello selamat pagi[National Language]
   1956:29 UTC [0356:29 MYT]	KL ATCC	Pagi [National Language] Operation Centre here.
   1956:31 UTC [0356:31 MYT]	MAS Operations	Centre yeah Centre.
   1956:32 UTC [0356:32 MYT]	KL ATCC	Is there anything on any news on Mal Malaysian Three Seven Zero.
   1956:35 UTC [0356:35 MYT]	MAS Operations	Not yet laa sir.
   1956:36 UTC [0356:36 MYT]	KL ATCC	Not yet.
   1956:37 UTC [0356:37 MYT]	MAS Operations	Aah… takdak lagi [National Language]
   1956:38 UTC [0356:38 MYT]	KL ATCC	Masa I check with Ho Chi Minh we we can check with Ho Chi Minh laa.. Ho Chi Minh kata takdak dia pun tak contact tapi at one time dia kata nampak blip tau. [National Language]
   1956:45 UTC [0356:45 MYT]	MAS Operations	Nampak bling. [National Language]
   1956:46 UTC [0356:46 MYT]	KL ATCC	Aah… dia nampak blip aaa... IGARI side la kan. [National Language]
   1956:50 UTC [0356:50 MYT]	MAS Operations	IGARI side lah.
   1956:51 UTC [0356:51 MYT]	KL ATCC	Aah dia kata last last itu nampak blip tetapi [National Language]
   1956:53 UTC [0356:53 MYT]	MAS Operations	Pukul berapa itu. [National Language]
   1956:55 UTC [0356:55 MYT]	KL ATCC	Aaa… eeh… estimate IGARI tadi lebih kurang pukul pukul satu dua puluh lima laa lebih kurang tu lah. [National Language]
   1957:01 UTC [0357:01 MYT]	MAS Operations	Okay.
   1956:02 UTC [0356:02 MYT]	KL ATCC	Eh lepas tu dia kata nampak blip lepas tu takdak. [National Language]
   1957:06 UTC [0357:06 MYT]	MAS Operations	Dalam monitor dia orang masih ada lagi tak. [National Language]
   1956:08 UTC [0356:08 MYT]	KL ATCC	Takdak tadak dia nampak sekejap dalam monitor dia orang cakap nampak sekejap macam tu lah lebih pada tu takdak contact, no contact. [National Language]
   1957:16 UTC [0357:16 MYT]	MAS Operations	Alamak. [National Language]
   1957:16 UTC [0357:16 MYT]	KL ATCC	Aah... itulah so saya suruh dia check dia check adjacent FIR aah so far takdak lagi no news dia kata. [National Language]
   1957:24 UTC [0357:24 MYT]	MAS Operations	No news so kita orang pun try juga [National Language] I… aircraft.
   1957:28 UTC [0357:28 MYT]	KL ATCC	Aah.
   1957:28 UTC [0357:28 MYT]	MAS Operations	Belum ada response lagi. [National Language]
   1957:30 UTC [0357:30 MYT]	KL ATCC	Okay lah anything you you just inform us lah aah.
   1957:32 UTC [0357:32 MYT]	MAS Operations	Aah okay okay.
   1957:33 UTC [0357:33 MYT]	KL ATCC	Kita dapat apa apa we inform you lah. [National Language]
   1957:35 UTC [0357:35 MYT]	MAS Operations	Okay okay.
   1957:36 UTC [0357:36 MYT]	KL ATCC	Eer okay okay right.
   1957:37 UTC [0357:37 MYT]	MAS Operations	Siapa cakap ni [National Language]
   1957:37 UTC [0357:37 MYT]	KL ATCC	Aaa... saya xxxxx sini [National Language]
   1957:39 UTC [0357:39 MYT]	MAS Operations	Okay okay.
   1957:39 UTC [0357:39 MYT]	KL ATCC	Okay right.
   End of Direct Line Telephone Conversation Between KL ATCC and MAS Operations Centre

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Notes

1. Inclusion of extracts from both Table 1.18E and Table 2.2C may appear to be duplication. However, the tables contain different events, and where the events are the same, the wording may be slightly different. Both versions are included for consistency.
2. The context of Table 1.18E is the Factual Information in the Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018 and the context of Table 2.2C is the Analysis section.

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