THE process of cleaning up the Guthrie Highway near Bandar Elmina, Shah Alam, where a light aircraft crashed yesterday is almost completed, Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain said.

He said forensic personnel have so far recovered 21 personal items from the site.

They have also retrieved the remains of the 10 victims.

“Ninety-five per cent of our work here is done. Only 5% is left for cleaning up the debris. I can say our work is over,” said Razarudin at a press conference near the scene this morning.

“We are clearing the area. We have found 21 personal items such as watches, pens or money.

“The remains of the victims have been sent to Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang.

“Twenty-two family members or next of kin have been notified. We may need their sample to match it with the bodies.

“After that, we will release the remains to the family for burial.”

The Beechcraft Model 390 aircraft was travelling from Langkawi International Airport to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport when it crashed.

The plane, operated by Jetvalet Sdn Bhd, departed Langkawi at 2.08pm.

The first contact made by the aircraft with the Subang air traffic control tower was at 2.47pm. Landing clearance was given at 2.48pm.

At 2.51pm, the control tower observed smoke from the crash site, but the aircraft made no mayday call.

All six passengers and two crew members on board the aircraft were killed. 

They were Pelangai assemblyman Johari Harun, Kharil Azwan Jamaludin, Shaharul Amir Omar, Mohamad Naim Fawwaz Mohamed Muaidi, Muhammad Taufiq Mohd Zaki and Idris Abdol Talib@Ramali.

The two crew members were Shahrul Kamal Roslan and Heikal Aras Abdul Azim.

Two other people who were in their respective vehicles on the road were also killed on impact.

Razarudin said their investigation found that the e-hailing driver who was killed in the crash had no passengers.

“We checked with the e-hailing company. The driver had rejected his passenger earlier and we believe that driver was alone,” he said.

Razarudin said the aircraft only had a cockpit voice recorder (CVR), and no flight data recorder (FDR).

“Our investigation found that the aircraft of this type has only a CVR and no FDR,” he said.

“We have checked with the AAIB (Air Accident Investigation Bureau). This aircraft only had the CVR.

“This (CVR) was recovered at 10.20 last night and it is with AAIB.”

Last night, Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan announced that police have found the CVR at the site.

A CVR is part of a flight recorder, which is commonly known as the black box.

The CVR was found by AAIB personnel.

Razarudin also called on the public with dash-cam footages of the incident to come forward and assist in the investigation. – August 18, 2023.