1.
LS HANGAR
0.06

2.
LS INTERIOR HANGAR; COMET BEING RENOVATED
0.16

3.
MS TECHNICIAN AT WORK ON AIRCRAFT
0.21

4.
MS ANOTHER AT WORK
0.25

5.
MS INTERIOR AIRCRAFT; MAN AT WORK
0.30

6.
MS (TILT AND PAN) AIRCRAFT BEING RENOVATED
0.35

7.
MLS (PAN) TWO RENOVATED COMETS PARKED OUTSIDE HANGAR
0.42

8.
LS AIRPORT BUILDING
0.46

9.
LS ANOTHER COMET PARKED ON TARMAC (TWO SHOTS)
0.51

10.
CU MALAYSIAN AIRWAYS EMBLEM ON SIDE OF COMET
0.56

11.
MS ANOTHER EMBLEM ON TAIL
0.58

12.
MS NAME OF AIRWAYS ON BODY OF AIRCRAFT
1.02

13.
MS TAIL (PAN) ENTIRE AIRCRAFT
1.10

14.
LS AIRCRAFT
1.14



Initials CAR/V/MK/CA/RBI



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Background: MALAYSIAN AIRWAYS WILL SHORTLY HAVE AMONG ITS FLEET OF PASSENGER AIRCRAFT FIVE COMET FOUR AIRCRAFT. THE COMETS ARE CURRENTLY UNDERGOING RENOVATION IN LONDON, THE UNITED KINGDOM. THEY HAVE BEEN BOUGHT OVER FROM THE BRITISH OVERSEAS AIRWAYS CORPORATION FOR USE BETWEEN KUALA LUMPUR, BANGKOK AND HONGKONG FLIGHTS.

THE FIVE COMETS ARE EXPECTED TO BE DELIVERED TO THE MALAYSIAN AIRWAYS SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER THIS YEAR.

THIS FLEET OF MALAYSIAN AIRWAYS AIRCRAFT IN SERVICE ARE: FIVE FOKKER FRIENDSHIPS, EIGHT DC-3, TWO TWIN PIONEERS, ONE CESSNA. THE PIONEER AND CESSNA AIRCRAFT ARE BEING USED IN THE MALAYSIAN BORNEO TERRITORIES.

AT THE MOMENT, MALAYSIAN AIRWAYS ARE USING TWO COMET FOUR AIRCRAFT ON LOAN BY THE B.O.A.C. FOR THEIR KUALA LUMPUR-HONGKONG FLIGHTS. THE TWO COMETS WILL BE RETURNED SOON AFTER THE DELIVERY OF THE FIVE COMETS.