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KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The accident involving two Guimbal Cabri G2 (G2CA) helicopters, which saw one of them crash in Taman Melawati near here on Sunday (November 8), is the first incident of its kind in the country involving the airplane model.
A search on the aviation website at https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/type/G2CA It also found that today’s incident was on the 45th and 46th recorded from the first in Baden, Germany, on April 19, 2010.
The search also revealed five more incidents related to the same helicopter model reported this year, namely two in the United States and one in Switzerland, Poland and Australia.
According to an Internet search, the helicopter, manufactured by the French company Guimbal, is equipped with a three-bladed rotor and can fly continuously for four and a half hours with a maximum speed of 100 knots.
Commenting on today’s crash, aviation expert Dr. Mohd Harridon Mohamed Suffian told Bernama that this type of aircraft was often used for training purposes, adding that the three main rotor blades did so. more stable when performing the automatic rotation maneuver.
He said automatic rotation could be activated when the helicopter’s engine was not working to safely land the aircraft.
Dr. Mohd Harridon said that if there were no black box on the helicopter, an investigation would be launched to determine the cause of the accident that will cover several aspects, including conducting a video analysis of the incident, taking witness statements and mapping the aircraft components found, performing crush analysis and reviewing maintenance records.
The accident involved two G2CA type helicopters (9M-HCA and 9MHCB), believed to be undergoing flight training when they collided in midair after taking off from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (LTSAAS), Subang, each with two occupants. .
One of the aircraft crashed, killing former Royal Malaysian Navy officer Mohamed Sabri Baharom, 56, of Wangsa Melawati, and Mohd Irfan Fikri Mohamed Rawi, 41, of Jalan Pengkalan Chepa, Kota Bharu, Kelantan .
The two survivors were former Malaysia Airlines Berhad CEO Datuk Ahmad Jauhari Yahya, 66, and Tan Chai Eian, 51, who managed to make an emergency landing in a nearby area. – Bernama
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