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PETALING JAYA, MALAYSIA: The Department of Civil Aviation informed its Singapore counterpart of the flight plan of a Cessna 208 plane, which caused a major security alert at Changi Airport on Tuesday.
Transport Minister Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy said the DCA allowed the plane, which took off from Koh Samui in Thailand to enter Malaysian airspace, as it posed no danger.
"It was just a small plane and we had confirmed that it brought no threat to the country's defence.
"The DCA immediately informed its Singapore counterpart after getting the information from the Thai DCA that the plane was having some problems and needed repairs in Singapore," he said after attending the memorial service of Prof Dr Wolfgang Franke here yesterday.
Dr Franke, who died in September last year, was a guest professor at the Chinese Faculty, Universiti Malaya where Chan graduated.
It was reported that Singapore scrambled two F-16 fighters to intercept the plane, piloted by two Australians.
The incident caused a major flight disruption at Changi which was forced to close for 50 minutes.
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