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| Date: | Saturday 17 January 1976 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Handley Page HPR-7 Herald 401 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Malaysian Air Force - RMAF |
| Registration: | FM1025 |
| MSN: | 181 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1964 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Dart (series unknown) |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 25 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kuala Lumpur Subang International Airport (KUL) -
 Malaysia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kuching Airport (KCH/WBGG) |
| Kuala Lumpur-Simpang Air Base (WMKF) |
The Herald transport plane was planning to land at Kuala Lumpur-Simpang Air Base when the left undercarriage failed to extend. The pilot decided to divert to Subang Airport for a controlled belly landing.
The aircraft was sold to British Air Ferries, January 1978 (G-BEYI) and broken up for spares at Kuala Lumpur.
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