October 29, 2003 at 3:48 am
A Malaysian Airlines plane bound from Kuala Lumpur for Perth was grounded after an engineer conducting preflight checks noticed that some wires had been cut.
At least 7 bundles of wires were reportedly found cut on the Airbus A330, including those behind an instrument panel located under the Captains seat, had been cut.
Police were called to investigate. The Aircraft had arrived at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport from Singapore and later was sent to the MAS maintenance bay for inspection