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KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 21 witnesses have given their statements to the police to facilitate investigations into the helicopter crash last Sunday in Taman Melawati.
Ampang Jaya District Police Chief, ACP, Mohamed Farouk Eshak, said that recording witness statements was a process to complete investigations into the sudden death report of accident victims.
He said on Monday that a team from the Bukit Aman Forensic Division was dispatched to the Sistematic Aviation Services (SAS) hangar at Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, Subang, to carry out further inspections on the wreckage of the crashed helicopter.
“The public is advised not to circulate videos or photos of the incident on social media to avoid speculation and inappropriate comments that may hinder investigations.
“Ampang Jaya Police also urge anyone with information related to the incident to report to Ampang Jaya District Police Headquarters to assist in investigations or to call 03-4289 7343 or 03-4289 7344 to provide information, “it said in a statement.
The accident involved two G2CA helicopters (9M-HCA and 9MHCB), each with two people on board, believed to be undergoing flight training when they collided in midair after taking off from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport.
Around noon on Sunday, one of the helicopters crashed and killed former Royal Malaysian Navy officer Mohamed Sabri Baharom, 56, and businessman Mohd Irfan Fikri Mohamed Rawi, 41.
The two survivors are former Malaysia Airlines Berhad CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya, 66, and Tan Chai Eian, 51, who were in the other helicopter that successfully made an emergency landing on a school field in Taman Melawati. .
