Semua juruterbang Malaysia Airlines bebas dadah, kru kabin menyusul

On July 29th, a Malaysia Airlines flight attendant was detained at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta after 25kg of ecstasy and 2.7g of cocaine were found in his luggage. Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) stated that all 2,840 cabin crew members of the national airline would undergo mandatory drug testing starting the following day.

The same test is also being conducted for 158 pilots and 163 cabin crew members of Firefly. MAG reported that over half of them have already been tested and all have tested negative for drugs. Random drug testing will continue, and it will work with authorities to combat drug abuse within the company and its subsidiaries. Safety remains the top priority in every decision, and stronger measures will be taken to strengthen security, uphold operational standards, and maintain passenger and stakeholder confidence, said MAG's President and CEO, Nasaruddin A Bakar.

The detained flight attendant, reported to have been promised RM50,000 for smuggling the drugs, also tested positive for cocaine, ecstasy, and heroin. However, he was in the cockpit, not one of the flight crew controlling the aircraft.