Cops take statements from owners of dashcams with recording of air crash


Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan urges witnesses to the plane crash in Bandar Elmina, Shah Alam, to give their statements to complete investigations. – EPA pic, August 20, 2023.

POLICE have recorded the statements of three owners of dashboard cameras (dashcams) who were at the scene of the plane crash near Bandar Elmina, Shah Alam, on Thursday.

Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan said police were investigating the case as sudden death.

“However, for the Air Accident Investigation Bureau, the investigation of the incident will be carried out from the aspect of the crash.

“I request that witnesses to the incident come forward to give statements to complete the investigation,” he said at press conference on the plane crash at the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital Forensic Department today.

Yesterday, the remains of the Muhamad Hafiz Muhamad Saleh, 32, a p-hailing rider who died in the crash, were buried at the Masjid Al-Huda Islamic Cemetery, Kampung Jerung, Sungai Petani, Kedah at 4pm.

Today, the remains of nine other victims of the crash will be handed over to the next of kin in stages starting at 9am.

On Thursday, a Beechcraft Model 390 (Premier 1) business jet crashed on the Guthrie Corridor Expressway near Bandar Elmina, killing 10 people including Pahang Local Government, Housing, Environment and Green Technology Committee chairman and Pelangai assemblyman Johari Harun, 53.

The victims who died consisted of six passengers and two crew members of the light aircraft, while the other two were road users passing through the area at the time of the incident.

The ill-fated aircraft was on a flight from Langkawi to the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang and had been cleared to land at 2.48pm but crashed two minutes later. – Bernama, August 20, 2023.


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