KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 26): A task force has been set up to investigate the breakdown of the Total Airport Management System (TAMS) at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), says the Ministry of Transport (MoT).

The six-member task force will be chaired by MoT secretary-general Datuk Mohd Khairul Adib Abdul Rahman. The other members are Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom) executive chairman Dr Nungsari Ahmad Radhi, Mavcom commissioner Datuk Seri Long See Wool, Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) member Afzal Abdul Rahim, CAAM CEO Ahmad Nizar Zolfakar, and National Cyber Security Agency chief executive Md Shah Nuri Md Zain.

In a statement today, Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook said the task force is tasked to find the cause of the four-day disruption at KLIA since Aug 21.

The KLIA TAMS System Failure Issue Investigation Committee will also recommend improvement measures to be implemented to avoid a repeat of the incident.

The task force has been given a month to complete a detailed report on the matter, which will be tabled to the Cabinet.

Loke said the situation at KLIA has stabilised since Saturday (Aug 24), and is being monitored by airport operator Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB).

In a separate statement today, MAHB said it is not ruling out the possibility that the recent network failure at KLIA was caused by an act of malicious intent.

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