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Malaysia Airlines Plane Grounded After Wires Found Tampered
Bangkok-bound Malaysia Airlines plane was grounded Tuesday after maintenance staff found some electrical wires in the cockpit were tampered with, The Star newspaper reported Thursday.
It marks the third such incident reported by the national air carrier since October last year. The Airbus A330 plane had arrived from Dhaka at 4 a.m. on Tuesday and was due to fly to Bangkok at 10 a.m. the same day when the maintenance crew found the tampered wires while carrying out preflight tests just two hours before the flight time.
Kuala Lumpur 7/10/2004
