Two dead, two injured in Selangor helicopter collision
Two individuals were killed while two others were injured when two helicopters crashed into each other near Taman Melawati, Selangor earlier today.
According to initial information received from the Selangor Fire and Rescue Department, the incident happened just before noon...
Two individuals were killed while two others were injured when two helicopters crashed into each other near Taman Melawati, Selangor earlier today.
According to initial information received from the Selangor Fire and Rescue Department, the incident happened just before noon.
Those killed were two men, while the persons injured include a man and a woman.
As of 1.30pm, the fire department reported that the remains of the victims had been taken to Kuala Lumpur Hospital by authorities.
According to Astro Awani's live report, one of the victims who survived is former MAS chief executive officer Ahmad Jauhari Yahya.
The two victims who died have been identified as Mohd Sabri Baharom and Mohd Irfan Mohamed Rawi.
It is learnt that Sabri was a former Navy pilot and a flight instructor in the military.
Both Sabri and Irfan were in the blue helicopter that crashed, while Ahmad Jauhari and another person identified as Tan Chai Elan were in a red helicopter that managed to make an emergency landing near a school.
Ampang Jaya district police chief Mohamad Farouk Esha told reporters at the scene that they were investigating the cause of the incident.
Meanwhile, based on information available on online flight monitoring sites, both aircraft had departed the Subang Airport at 11.11am, and flew towards Genting Sempah in Bentong, Pahang before turning back towards Gombak at 11.28am.
One of the helicopters disappeared from the radar for six minutes and reappeared just south of Batu Dam as it was making a turn southeast, and flew in a straight line from then on until it disappeared from the radar again at 11.44am just short of Taman Melawati.
Based on information available online, the two helicopters involved were registered to a private company called Cabri Blu Sdn Bhd.
The aircraft were Cabri G2 helicopters made by French-based company Guimbal, equipped with a three-bladed main rotor and composite blades.
They have an endurance of four and a half hours, with a cruising speed of 100 knots.
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