World Malaysia Airlines plane starts flying in the wrong direction

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An investigation has been launched after a Malaysia Airlines plane took off from Auckland Airport on Christmas Day and surprised the pilot with the direction it started flying.

Just eight minutes into the direct flight to Kuala Lumpur, MH132's pilot queried why his Airbus A330 was heading so far south.

He wondered why the plane was heading towards Melbourne and not taking a more direct flight path to the Malaysian capital.

It is understood passengers on board the flight, which left at 2.23am Christmas Day, were not alerted to the mix-up.

During discussions with air traffic controllers at the Auckland Oceanic control centre, the pilot was informed of the flight plan his airline had given to Airways, which manages air traffic control for New Zealand and South Pacific.

He then continued across the Tasman Sea before heading northwest to Kuala Lumpur.

Although there were no apparent safety concerns with the confusion, Airways yesterday confirmed it was investigating.

Read more here. (New Zealand Herald)
 

Accname

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This is not nearly as weird as my train once going the wrong way. Its a fuckin train goddammit. How can it go the wrong way?!?
 

Varine

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Are you sure you weren't just on the wrong train?
 

Accname

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The train stopped at some point and turned back. In the end it had a delay of 40 minutes because of this. How can somebody fuck up that bad is beyond me.
 
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