| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | 24 MAY 1999 |
| Hora: | 13:15 |
| Tipo: | de Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou |
| Operador: | Royal Malaysian Air Force - RMAF |
| Registración: | M21-05 |
| Numéro de série: | 270 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1969 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 5 / Ocupantes: 5 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 5 / Ocupantes: 5 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | Kuching Airport (KCH) (Malasia)
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| Fase: | Despegue (TOF) |
| Naturaleza: | Entrenamiento Militar |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Kuching Airport (KCH/WBGG), Malasia |
| Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Kuching Airport (KCH/WBGG), Malasia |
Descripción:Crashed into a swampy area at the end of the runway during a regular training mission. One of the airplane's two engines had lost power.
Fuentes:
» Scramble 258
» Reuters
» Scramble 241
» New Straits Times - May 29, 1999
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Distance from Kuching Airport to Kuching Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.