Malaysia Airlines did not clearly specify the division of engineering responsibilities between Malaysia Airlines and Aircraft Maintenance Services Australia engineers at Brisbane, leading to ambiguity with regard to who should conduct the final walk-around portion of the transit check. This risk was increased by the operator commencing and continuing flights to Brisbane with interim ground handling and engineering arrangements that varied from
There is no longer a need to clearly specify the division of engineering responsibilities with the use of a single engineering services provider.
Following the occurrence, Malaysia Airlines finalised and implemented arrangements for a single engineering service provider for all engineering and dispatch coordination functions in Brisbane.