QuickCheck: Did several fighter aircraft seen at a port belong to the RMAF?

THE sight of military hardware in a public place - such as a port - is bound to turn heads due to the rarity of such occurrences, and as such any news and photos of incidents like these tend to go viral rather rapidly. Recently, a 10-second video with images of several fighter jets believed to...

Training aircraft loses control during landing at Melaka Airport, pilot unharmed

PUTRAJAYA: A Piper PA28-181 training aircraft, registration 9M-SKF, reportedly veered off the runway at Melaka International Airport at 4.09pm on Monday (Aug 5). Confirming the incident, Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) chief executive officer Datuk Captain Norazman Mahmud, said the aircraft, operated by the Malaysian Flying Academy (MFA), lost control during landing and veered off...

Amateur historians uncover WW2 plane wreckage to document nation’s wartime history

KUALA LUMPUR: "Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! We are going down.” This distress call was probably the last words uttered by the pilot of a Royal Air Force (RAF) B24 Liberator KL654 aircraft, carrying a crew of eight and war supplies, that had taken off from Cocos Island, Australia, before crashing in a remote forest in Negeri...

Elmina crash: P-hailing rider was working hard to help fund sister’s wedding

KLANG: The late Muhamad Hafiz Muhamad Salleh, a p-hailing rider killed in the recent plane crash incident in Bandar Elmina, Shah Alam, was working hard to help fund his younger sister’s wedding, scheduled for Aug 26. This was shared by his friend and fellow rider Mohd Rosmaini Sahlan, 42, who described the 32-year-old Muhamad Hafiz, fondly...

King makes personal donation to wife of Elmina plane crash victim

KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah made a personal donation to Adlina Aisyah Ahmad Rusli, the wife of Idris Abdol Talib @ Ramali, one of the victims who perished in a private jet crash on the Guthrie Corridor Expressway near Bandar Elmina, Shah Alam, Selangor, last Thursday (Aug 17). According to...

Elmina plane crash: Fire Dept took six minutes to put out flames, says Bomba DG

SEPANG: The Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) managed to put out the flames at the air crash site on the Guthrie Highway near Bandar Elmina, Shah Alam on Thursday (Aug 17) within six minutes. JBPM director-general Datuk Abdul Wahab Mat Yasin said a fire engine that was nearby rushed to the scene and arrived 10...

Plane crashes in Sungai Buloh, several feared dead

PETALING JAYA: A light aircraft has crashed near the Elmina township in Sungai Buloh. Shah Alam OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Iqbal Ibrahim when contacted confirmed that an incident occurred. "I am on the way to the scene now. I will update further on the incident once I have all the details," he said. Several pictures and videos have...