10 dead as military helicopters collide over Malaysian naval base
Two military helicopters crashed during a training session over a naval base on Malaysia’s west coast early on Tuesday, killing 10 people, local media reported citing the country’s navy.
Singaporean news channel CNA cited the Royal Malaysian Navy as saying in a statement.
It said that a navy helicopter carrying seven crew members on board and another one with three passengers collided at 9:32 a.m. (0132 GMT) at the naval base in Lumut.
Lumut is some 200 kilometres north-west of Kuala Lumpur.
“All victims were confirmed dead on the scene and sent to the Lumut Navy base armed forces hospital for identification,’’ CNA cited the navy statement as saying.
It added that the Perak police chief, Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri, confirmed that 10 people died.
CNA reported that the helicopters were training for a flyover for the 90th Naval Day celebration, due to take place in a few days’ time.
Photos of the scene showed the completely destroyed remains of the aircraft.
The cause of the accident was initially unclear and the RMN was set to “establish an investigation board to identify the cause of the incident,’’ the CNA cited the navy as saying.
(dpa/NAN)
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