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Date: | Monday 11 April 2011 |
Time: | 13:50 |
Type: | Bell 206B JetRanger III |
Owner/operator: | Sabah Air Aviation |
Registration: | 9M-AXH |
MSN: | 2480 |
Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Dataran Sibu -
Malaysia
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Bintangor |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A helicopter crashed at the town square Dataran of Sibu Monday afternoon, just opposite a hotel where Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is due to attend a function.
City police chief Shafie Ismail said the pilot was injured and has been admitted to hospital. (He succumbed later to the injuries). There was no one else in the helicopter, he added.
Sources:
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/4/11/nation/20110411142204&sec=nation?file=/2011/4/11/nation/20110411142204&sec=nation http://selians.blogspot.com/2011/04/helicopter-crashes-in-sibu.html
http://malaysianmirror.com/media-buzz-detail/6-nation/52817-helicopter-crashes-in-dataran-sibu
https://www.nst.com.my/articles/HelicoptercrashesnearSibuhotel/Article
http://www.airliners.net/photos/airliners/7/0/1/0625107.jpg (photo)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Apr-2011 03:24 |
gerard57 |
Added |
11-Apr-2011 04:32 |
TB |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator] |
11-Apr-2011 07:23 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |