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At the least 10 folks have died after a constitution airplane crashed onto an expressway north of Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.
The airplane, carrying six passengers and two flight crew, departed from Langkawi Worldwide Airport and was headed to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia stated in an announcement.
“First contact made by the plane with Subang Air Site visitors Management Tower was at 2.47 p.m. [local time (2.47 a.m. ET)] and touchdown clearance was given at 2:48pm,” based on the assertion. At 2.51 p.m. native time, the “Management Tower noticed smoke originating from the crash website however no mayday name was made by the plane,” the assertion added.
The airplane crashed right into a automobile and a motorbike, every carrying one particular person, reported state newspaper Berita Harian, citing Selangor Police Head Hussein Omar Khan.
“Forensic personnel are within the strategy of accumulating the stays and can deliver them to the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang for a autopsy examination and identification course of,” Khan stated, based on the state newspaper, including that the Ministry of Transport will conduct an investigation.
Transport minister Anthony Loke stated investigations had been ongoing.
“Nobody survived the crash,” he stated at a press convention. “Victims (on the street) may also nonetheless have to be recognized, will replace in due time. Forensic affirmation must be taken.”
Movies and pictures of the scene taken by Malaysian media confirmed a burnt part of the freeway cordoned off, with smoke within the air.
