Date:	Monday 24 May 1999
Time:	13:15
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou
Owner/operator:	Royal Malaysian Air Force - RMAF
Registration:	M21-05
MSN:	270
Year of manufacture:	1969
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Kuching Airport (KCH) -   Malaysia
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Kuching Airport (KCH/WBGG)
Destination airport:	Kuching Airport (KCH/WBGG)

Narrative:
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.

Scramble 258
Reuters
Scramble 241
New Straits Times - May 29, 1999

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