Friday September 17, 2010
Three hurt in copter crash
By ROSLINA MOHAMAD and FOONG PEK YEE
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TEMERLOH: Three Fire and Rescue Department personnel were injured after a helicopter crash-landed in a rubber estate at Bukit Lada, Felcra Kuala Kaung, in Lanchang here. The aircraft was flying too low and hit trees as it was trying to land under a heavy blanket of fog yesterday morning. Temerloh OCPD Asst Comm Ahmad Fadzilah Mohamed said the victims were identified as Captain Roslan Aziz, Asrul Mohd Nordin and Khairil Azuan Jamalludin. “Captain Roslan has serious neck injuries while Asrul and Khairil Azuan suffered minor injuries.
Wreckage: Police officers investigating the crash site in a rubber estate at Bukit Lada, Felcra Kuala Kaung in Lanchang yesterday.
“They were sent to the Sultan Ahmad Shah Hospital,” he said. He added that Captain Roslan underwent an operation and was in stable condition. ACP Ahmad Fadzilah said the three left the Subang airbase in Selangor at about 10am and were monitoring traffic flow on the East Coast Expressway.
“There was a heavy blanket of fog at the time and the helicopter was descending. It hit some rubber trees, causing the pilot to lose control before landing on its side,” he added. In KUALA LUMPUR, Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Chor Chee Heung said the Department of Aviation had been notified to conduct an investigation into the crash.
He said the helicopter was operating the Kuala Lumpur-Kuantan sector and its job was to help save lives in the event of road accidents during this festive season. He said the Fire and Rescue Department was among the agencies involved in Ops Raya, adding that he would visit the injured staff at the hospital today.
