THE pilot of the helicopter that crashed last night in Bidor, Perak was found dead at the crash site, Perak police chief Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri said. 

He said the pilot—58-year-old Captain Richard Chan—had lost consciousness during the rescue mission this morning and was subsequently pronounced dead. 

Earlier Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong said on Facebook this morning that search and rescue workers had found the pilot at the crash site at 8.20am when the rescue mission resumed this morning. 

He had said that the pilot was being recovered to be moved to a hospital in Ipoh. 

In a later Facebook posting, Wee said the pilot had succumbed to the severity of his injuries.

“Early indications had shown that the victim was alive at the time the crash site was detected.

“However, we were informed that the victim had reportedly lost consciousness while being attended to by rescuers,” he said.

The privately owned Eurocopter EC120B helicopter had taken off from Subang airport at 11.37am yesterday for a general flight to Ipoh, where it was expected to land at 12.37pm. 

Contact was lost at 12.16pm and a rescue operation was launched in southern Perak. – September 12, 2022.