Malaysia Airports would like to clarify that the leak from the fuel pipeline discovered at klia2 yesterday was not caused by soil depression as reported in the media. According to Kuala Lumpur Aviation Fueling Systems (KAFS) who is responsible for management, operations and maintenance of the pipelines, the pipelines are resting on pile-to-set foundation hence they are not affected by soil settlement.
As reported earlier, only two bays i.e. Q10 & Q12 are affected by this incident and KAFS is currently carrying out inspection to identify its root cause. The Department of Civil Aviation has also been briefed on this incident.
Meanwhile, airport operations at klia2 are not affected as there are sufficient bays to cater for wide body aircraft daily operations. Based on flight operations data, there are 9 other contact bays and 6 remote bays available for wide body aircrafts requirements. Malaysia Airports will be engaging closely with the airlines in order to brief them and provide reassurance that the flight operations will not be affected.
Malaysia Airports would also like to reassure the public that safety remains our utmost priority.