KCH-JHB-KUL-KCH on MH

[MH332]

Well, since not many trip reports about MH I thought I moght post one :-D

Date : 21 August 2005
Route : KCH-KUL
Airline : Malaysia Airlines
Aircraft : Boeing 737-4H6
Flight : MH2505
Registration : 9M-MML
Seat : 18A
STD : 0915
STA : 1035

I went to the airport at around 0700. After checking in I went to the viewing gallery to do some spotting. But all I got was these:

Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-4H6 9M-MQN

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Malaysia Airlines Fokker 50 9M-MGF

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And the a/c that will bring me to JHB 9M-MML

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At 0810 I went to the departure hall and spent most my time chatting with my cousin, who will depart to KUL an AK (9M-AAY) at 0920.

At 0855 it was time for us to board the a/c. My seat was 18A.

It was the first time I ever seen a damn hot stewardess on my flight :love: . Most pf the stewardess on my flight was the ordinary looking ones . Didn't take her pic though :p .

At 0915, we started our pushback and taxiied to runway 25 for departure.

Pic taken after take off

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The a/c climbed until FL310 and we were served meal on this flight. I ordered this:

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After I finished my meal, I spent most of my time looking outside the window. But just a few minutes later we had a bad turbulence. The a/c was shaking badly that a few passengers screamed.

Before turbulence

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Just after the turbulence

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Not long after the worst turbulence I ever had, I discovered that we are at JHB airspace

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Seems that it was cloudy at JB at that time

On final to the airport (dunno which runway)

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Touchdown (quite a rough landing)

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Senai Airport terminal with AK 733 9M-AAP which departed KCH to JHB at 0850 that morning

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Date : 24 August 2005
Route : JHB-KUL
Airline : Malaysia Airlines
Aircraft : Boeing 737-4H6
Flight : MH2505
Registration : 9M-MQG
Seat : 3F
STD : 1110
STA : 1155

This time I went to the airport at 0830 because on this flight I will be flying C class :D .After check-in I went to the Golden Lounge which is situated at the departure hall.

View of the Golden Lounge (sorry, blurry pic)

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But I only managed to take some sandwiches and a cup of coffee because I ate too much during breakfast :(

At around 1030 I went out tp the departure hall to do some spotting. However I saw this ;) :

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Can somebody explain what this MAI MD-82 a/c doing in JHB?

Here's the a/c that brought me to kUL (arrgh!tinted glass :mad: )

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There was an SQ 772 touched and go twice at JHB on that day (didn't take the pic. why eh?)

Anyway at around 1105 we started our pushback and taxiied for takeoff. Felt a little weird though since this is my first time flying on business class. But overall, flying here was such a nice experience.

Our a/c climbed to FL290 and we were served light meal. I chose the mushroom pizza. It tasted nice to me

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View at FL290

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But time travelled kinda fast because before long we landed at KLIA. Dunno which runway though .

When I went out to the arrival hall, I was accosted by so many illegal taxi drivers :mad: . In the end I used airport taxi to go to my hotel (and its cheaper then those illegal taxis)

Date : 26 August 2005
Route : KUL-KCH
Airline : Malaysia Airlines
Flight : MH2526
Aircraft : Boeing 737-4H6
Registration : 9M-MQJ
Seat : 24F
STD : 1655 (but departed at 1730)
STA : 1830 (but arrived at 1910)

On this day, I planned to go spotting whole day at KUL :D . I went to the airport at 0930 while my father spent his time ai Nilai and my mother having her rest at the hotel.

At 1530 I went to the boarding hall after check-in. Most of the time I wander around at the departure hall like an idiot :p . After that I was so tired and I went to B3 to have a seat.

BTW here's the pic of the a/c that will bring me back to KCH

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At around 1700 we started to board the a/c. I noticed that one of the stewardess was the same stewardess on my KCH-JHB flight. Dunno why i still remember her. Probably because she's really hot :p .

Due to missing passengers (seems to be, since the stewardess kept on looking for sombody who was not in the a/c) our flight was delayed until 1730. Later we taxiied to the runway for takeoff.

After takeoff

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Bye bye Peninsular Malaysia :)

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Which island is this?

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After about half an hour we were given meals. This time I ordered chicken noodles. Unfortunately I forgot to take a pic of it since i was too hungry at that time :P .

I managed to take this pic when we were approaching KCH. Kinda love this pic :)

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Just few minutes later, the sky turned like this

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At 1900, the a/c touched down runway 25. I wanted to pay a cockpit visit but was rejected by the stewardess :( .

Thanks for viewing

MH332

[pbateson]

Great reports!

I know you mad about a tinted glasses. In old Bangkok airport had many tinted glasses because of strong sun. Really? A illegal taxi drivers in Malaysia??? It is not legal or go to wrong place?

You should take a video 3F and put in flightlevel350.com

Anyway, nice pictures

[MH332]

Really? A illegal taxi drivers in Malaysia??? It is not legal or go to wrong place?

Well, there are illegal taxi drivers in Malaysia. When you come out of the arrival hall at KUL you can see many of them approaching you.

Just ignore them and take the airport taxi instead.

[Crunk415balla]

Great report! Very entertaining!

[kiwilliam]

very nice report!