A WITNESS who lives near the plane crash site in Jalan Dr Nazrin Shah, Sungai Rokam, Medan Gopeng in Ipoh last night was shocked when he heard a strange noise before seeing a plane flying low.

The man, who only wanted to be known as Wan, 41, said he had just finished refuelling at a nearby petrol station when he saw the plane hit a lamp post near the water lock.

“The plane was seen flying low and crashed into the pole. Following that I made a U-turn and went to see the plane’s condition,” he said when met at the scene.

Meanwhile, a resident of a nearby house, Haizad, 22, said he heard a loud crash while he was at home during the incident.

“I didn’t go straight out to the house because I thought it was a normal accident until my friend informed me via WhatsApp that a plane had crashed.

“After seeing the picture I realised the incident was very close to my house,” he said.

A flight instructor, Fajim Juffa Mustafa Kamal, 52, from Semenyih, Selangor died while another Muhammad Din Fikri Zainal Abidin, 62, from Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur was injured in the incident. – Bernama, August 2, 2022.