Watch: Ten killed in light plane crash on street in Malaysia
- By Web Desk -
- Aug 17, 2023
Terrifying videos of a light plane crashing into a street in Malaysia’s central Selangor state, killing eight people on board and two motorists on the ground are going viral.
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The viral videos of the tragic air crash made rounds on social media application X, formerly called Twitter.
#BREAKING #Malaysia Another video footage of plane crash in Malaysia, at least 10 people died.
Video: TASS pic.twitter.com/ccefKvE76q— National Independent (@NationalIndNews) August 17, 2023
Local Police Chief Mohamad Iqbal Ibrahim disclosed the death toll while speaking with media.
“For now, I can say at least 10 people were killed in the plane crash. Two passing motorists — one in a car and one on a motorcycle — also perished together with the eight on board the plane,” he said.
Johari Harun, a state assemblyman in central Pahang state in charge of housing and the environment, was among the plane passengers killed, police said.
Malaysia’s civil aviation authority said in a statement that six passengers and two flight crew were on board the aircraft when it crashed.
The plane took off from the northern resort island of Langkawi and was heading to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, west of the capital Kuala Lumpur, civil aviation authority chief Norazman Mahmud.
“No mayday call was made,” he said.
An investigation into the crash will be made by the Air Accident Investigation Bureau, he said.
Mohamad Syahmie Mohamad Hashim, a former member of the Malaysian air force, said he saw the plane flying erratically.
“Not long after that I heard a loud boom,” he told reporters.
“I sped towards the location and saw the remains of an aircraft. I also saw (a) human body on fire. I couldn’t do anything,” he said.
Other witnesses said the Beechcraft Model 390 burst into flames as it hit the ground in Elmina Estate near the suburb of Shah Alam, which houses a mix of residential homes and factories.
An explosion was also heard, they said.
In September 1977, a Japan Airlines plane bound for Singapore crashed into another housing estate. Forty-five people survived and 34 were killed.