SELAMA: It never occurred to Laila Fairus Ismail, 58, that her niece's excitement of flying in a helicopter would end in tragedy, with Royal Malaysian Navy (TLDM) Warrant Officer II TNL Noorfarahimi Mohd Saedy perishing with nine other TLDM personnel when two helicopters crashed at the TLDM base in Lumut on Tuesday. Laila said Noorfarahimi, 41,...
GEORGE TOWN: The parents of Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) Commander Muhammad Firdaus Ramli (pic) had just chatted with him over the phone barely an hour before his tragic death. “This cannot have happened. I can’t believe my brother is gone. Just this morning (yesterday), I heard my parents talking to him over the phone. “About an hour...
PETALING JAYA: Two naval helicopters crashed during training at the Royal Malaysian Navy (TLDM) stadium in Lumut, Perak on Tuesday (April 23). A video of the incident showed one of the helicopters clipping the rotor of the other aircraft before the two crashed into the ground. The two helicopters involved were a Eurocopter AS555SN Fennec, and an...
PETALING JAYA: No survivors were found at the crash site involving two navy helicopters in Lumut, Perak on Tuesday (April 23). All 10 crew members perished after their helicopters collided during training at the TLDM stadium in Lumut, Perak. According to a statement from the navy, an investigation board will be set up to probe the incident. ALSO...
PETALING JAYA: A ten-year-old child and a woman in her 40s were killed in a five-vehicle collision along Jalan Banting in Dengkil on Monday (Jan 22). When contacted, Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar said that both died at the scene, adding that a woman in her 20s suffered injuries to her...
ALOR SETAR: Two people were killed and three others injured when a lorry crashed into three other vehicles on Jalan Kolon, Pokok Sena here on Sunday (Nov 3). Fire and Rescue Department Zone 1 head (Kedah) Senior Fire Superintendent I Ahmad Aminudin Abd Rahim said the crash, which occurred at about 9.55am, resulted in the death...
GEORGE TOWN: The Singaporean tourist who died after a van plunged into a ravine at Bukit Genting on Sunday (Sept 24) has been identified. Penang tourism and creative economy committee chairman Wong Hon Wai said the deceased was Lee Kwee Yiam, 62. "The tour company informed us," he said in a text to the media on Monday...
PETALING JAYA: The preliminary findings of the investigation into the Aug 17 crash of the Beechcraft Model 390 Premier 1 enroute from Langkawi to Subang state that the pilot was qualified for the flight in accordance with regulations. In a preliminary report released Friday (Sept 15) morning, the Transport Ministry's Air Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) said...
SEGAMAT: A family of six were killed in an accident involving a lorry and four cars at Jalan Segamat-Kuantan near Taman Yayasan, here. Segamat OCPD Supt Ahmad Zamry Marinsah said that the victims are a husband and wife aged 46 and 43, their three daughters aged 17, 13, and 10, and their five-year-old son who were...
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...
