{
  "id": 5498216,
  "title": "99% of Malaysia Airlines cabin crew screened, test negative for drugs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/99-of-malaysia-airlines-cabin-crew-screened-test-negative-for-drugs-5498216",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T04:59:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/09/04/99-of-malaysia-airlines-cabin-crew-screened-test-negative-for-drugs"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), parent company of Malaysia Airlines, has announced that 98.8% of its cabin crew members have been screened for drugs and tested negative. The remaining 1.2% are set to undergo screening today. MAG president and CEO Nasaruddin A Bakar stated that this is an ongoing process, including for pilots.\n\nThe screening initiative was launched following the arrest of a second Malaysia Airlines officer in Indonesia in July. In that case, the pilot was found with 25kg of ecstasy pills and 2.7g of methamphetamine and tested positive for those substances. The suspect had reportedly accepted RM50,000 to smuggle the drugs and was also found to have tested positive for methamphetamine, ecstasy, and cocaine.\n\nFollowing the incident, MAG revealed on August 17 that all operationally active Malaysia Airlines pilots had tested negative for drugs.",
  "summary": "MAG president Nasaruddin A Bakar says the remaining 1% will be screened today.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "99% of Malaysia Airlines cabin crew screened, test negative for drugs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/99-of-malaysia-airlines-cabin-crew-screened-test-negative-for-drugs",
        "published": "2026-09-04T04:59:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Malaysia Airlines resumes Busan flights starting December",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/malaysia-airlines-resumes-busan-flights-starting-december",
        "published": "2026-09-04T05:03:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Almost 99pc Malaysia Airlines cabin crew drug tested, all negative",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/almost-99pc-malaysia-airlines-cabin-crew-drug-tested-all-negative",
        "published": "2026-09-04T07:11:31.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}