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MALAYSIAN EXPERIENCE AND CHALLENGES IN OP PIRAMID

MARKAS OPERASI UDARA. CEKAL PERKASA. MALAYSIAN EXPERIENCE AND CHALLENGES IN OP PIRAMID. 2 FEB TO 11 FEB 2011. SCOPE. BACKGROUND CHRONOLOGY INTER AGENCIES COORDINATION PHASES OF OPERATION CHALLENGES. BACKGROUND. Political turmoil escalated and caused severe unrest in Egypt

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MALAYSIAN EXPERIENCE AND CHALLENGES IN OP PIRAMID

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  1. MARKAS OPERASI UDARA CEKAL PERKASA MALAYSIAN EXPERIENCE AND CHALLENGES IN OP PIRAMID 2 FEB TO 11 FEB 2011

  2. SCOPE • BACKGROUND • CHRONOLOGY • INTER AGENCIES COORDINATION • PHASES OF OPERATION • CHALLENGES

  3. BACKGROUND • Political turmoil escalated and caused severe unrest in Egypt • Malaysian Government decided to pull out thousands of Malaysian from riot torn Egypt • Students and others to be evacuated to a safer place before returning to Malaysia • RMAF to deploy C130Hs to Middle East W.I.E • Non Combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) code-name OP PIRAMID activated • RMAF deployed 3 X C130H-30 within 24 hours of “GO decision” to King Abdul Aziz International Airport, Jeddah

  4. CHRONOLOGY

  5. INTER AGENCIES COORD • National Security Council (NSC) • PM’s decision • Overall Coordinator • Ministry of Foreign Affair • Diplomatic Clearance • Pax manifest and coordination at pick up points (Cairo and Alexandria) • Ministry of Education • Students’ name list

  6. INTER AGENCIES COORD • Lembaga Tabung Haji • Accomodation and messing in Jeddah • Other Agencies • Malaysia Airlines (MAS) • Air Asia • Press Representatives

  7. PHASES OF OPERATION • Planning and Preparation • Deployment and FOB Setup • Evacuation Process • Recovery

  8. PHASES OF OPERATION • Planning and Preparation: • Ad-hoc Air Staff organization led by RMAF Air Operation Commander • Pro-active preparation started when unrest situation started (Assets, Aircrew, Tech crew and security forces were put on standby) • Upon receipt of ID fm CDF, monetary and diplomatic clearance processes initiated • Transit and evacuation shuttle route plan • 3 sorties/ac daily (based on flight time, embark and disembark estimates)

  9. PHASES OF OPERATION • Deployment and FOB Set up: • 3 x C130H-30 departed on 2nd Feb to Abu Dhabi initially (only Maldives, India and UAE issued flight approval) • 2 x C130H diverted to Al Ain Airport - sand storm in Abu Dhabi • Waited 15 hrs before Saudi issued flight approval to Jeddah (FOB) • Ops Room set up at Hotel The Grand Saha, Jeddah (differ from initial plan at Airport)

  10. PHASES OF OPERATION • Evacuation Process • 3 sorties in 2 days instead of 3 sorties daily • Differ from initial plan due to airport bureaucracy Jeddah, Cairo and Alexandria • Seat on the cabin floor for max pax • 18 sorties carried out with 3,482 students evacuated • RMF 497 and 498 for Cairo and RMF 499 for Alexandria

  11. PHASES OF OPERATION • Recovery • 10 1320HFEB Jeddah to Subang

  12. CHALLENGES • TIME AND SPACE • 3RD PARTY INVOLVEMENTS • LOGISTIC SUPPORT

  13. 1. TIME AND SPACE • Short notice i.e. within 24 hrs lack of coordination (internal and external) • Long transit : 18 – 20 hrs flt time (excluding tech stop and flight approval to FOB) and from FOB to pick up points: Cairo (3.0) / Alexandria (3.5) • 24 Hrs operations : crew alertness, competencies, vigilant • Traffic jammed : All nations were doing same thing in Jeddah, Cairo and Alexandria caused long delay and reschedule (refuel and ground supports, slot time, parking space)

  14. Cont ..1. TIME AND SPACE • Space for parking, spares and ground support facilities – no hangar facilities for storage and major repair at Hajj terminal and no airport security (RSAF offered airbase towards the end of the mission and it was very late) • Uncertain security at the airports – RMAF abandoned plan to have RMAF Air Movement team at each airport to facilitate movement of pax (again resulting long delay situations) • C130H too small for huge numbers of pax (SOP 111 pax)

  15. 2. 3RD PARTY INVOLVEMENTS Dip Clrn thru Wisma Putra normally requires 14 days prior departure fm many states; Indonesia, Maldives, India, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt Funding allocation through MoF – min 48 hrs approval (NSC supported the cash payments) Immigration, Custom and Security – Visa, medical eqpt sp and other airport bureaucracy required long hours of checking time esp Jeddah Landing rights – RMAF and Air Asia were required to obtain approval from Saudi and Egypt

  16. LOG SUPPORT BY RSAF • After CoAF requested from RSAF CoAF • No 4 Sqn from RSAF rendered security and technical support (LOX and Nitrogen) throughout the mission • 2 x armed security personnel attached to the aircraft around the clock • 1 x liaison officer to address all issues

  17. FLIGHT ROUTE • SUBANG - CAIRO ABU DHABI JEDDAH SUBANG MALDIVES

  18. FORWARD OPERATING BASE

  19. KING ABDUL AZIZ INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA

  20. FOB

  21. FOB

  22. FOB

  23. PARKING AREA

  24. PARKING AREA

  25. EVACUATION ROUTE ALEX PORT TAWFIQ CAIRO 3.0H 3.5H

  26. LOCATION OF MALAYSIAN STUDENTS

  27. AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATION

  28. EVACUATION PROCESS

  29. EVACUATION PROCESS

  30. EVACUATION PROCESS

  31. ALEXANDRIA

  32. EVACUATION PROCESS

  33. EVACUATION FROM ALEXANDRIA

  34. CONCLUSION • RMAF took the challenge to assist government in herculean efforts to evacuate Malaysian from riot torn Egypt • “When the going gets tough, the tough gets going”, hold true for the RMAF crew • 18 sorties carried out with 3,482 pax • Mission completed in 72 hours @ rate of 6 sorties/day

  35. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

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