Factual Information 2015:1.5 Personnel Information/1.5.2
This page contains an extract from MH370/01/15 Factual Information which accompanied the (first) Interim Statement released by The Malaysian ICAO Annex 13 Safety Investigation Team for MH370 on 8th March 2015.
1.5.2 Pilot in Command (PIC)
The Captain was born in the Island of Penang. He completed his Malaysian Certificate of Education (MCE) - the equivalent of the United Kingdom Ordinary (UK ‘O’) Level - at the Penang Free School, where he sat for his MCE Examination in 1978. In 1981 he was accepted as Cadet Pilot with MAS under the sponsorship of Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA),a Government agency. He was sent to Manila in the Philippines to be provided ab-initio pilot training and graduated 2 years later with a Commercial Pilot Licence & Instrument Rating(CPL & IR). He joined MAS as a Second Officer in 1983 and was posted on the F27 where he obtained his initial airline flying experience. He was then posted to the B737-400 in 1985 and stayed on as First Officer until October 1991. By the end of 1991 he was promoted to Captain on the B737-400 and he stayed on the B737-400 until December 1996. At this point he gained promotion to the A330-300 and stayed on the fleet until September 1998 when he was then promoted to the B777-200 fleet as a Captain until the day of the event. By virtue of his good track record and seniority he was made a Type Rating Instructor (TRI) and Type Rating Examiner (TRE) on this present fleet effective November 2007.
The Captain’s flying record for the last 72 hours and preceding 28 days cycle were well within the Company’s specified limits. His last flight as an operating Captain was to Denpasar, Bali in the Republic of Indonesia on 03 March 2014. This was a daily return flight with a flight time of approximately 3 hours per sector. During this flight on the day of the event, he was conducting training for the First Officer who was operationally checked out.
All his required licences and certificates were valid when he was operating this flight to Beijing.
Personal Profile of PIC
| Sex | Male |
| Age | 53 years |
| Marital Status | Married with 3 children |
| Date of joining MAS | 15 June 1981 |
| Licence country of issues | Malaysia |
| Licence type | Air Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) |
| Licence number | A751 |
| Validity Period of Licence | 14 May 2014 |
| Ratings Boeing | B777 |
| Medical Certificate | First Class - 30 June 2014 |
| Aeronautical experience | 18423:40 hours |
| Experience on type | 8659:40 hours |
| Last 24 hours | 0:00:00 hours |
| Last 72 hours | 1:59:00 hours |
| Last 7 days | 20:39:00 hours |
| Last 28 days | 91:04:00 hours |
| Last 90 days | 303:09:00 hours |
| Last line check | 8 April 2013 |
| Instrument rating check | 15 November 2013 |
| Last proficiency | 15 November 2013 |
| Last promotion | B777 Captain (22 September 1998) |
Source: Malaysian ICAO Annex 13 Safety Investigation Team for MH370, 8 March 2015, Factual Information MH370/01/15
The Factual Information was updated in 2018 by the Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018 which added new content but did not include all of the previous data.