10 personnel killed as helicopters collide mid-air during navy day rehearsal
It is the worst incident involving the armed forces in recent years.
Ten Navy personnel have been killed after two helicopters collided during a training exercise for the Royal Malaysian Navy Day this Friday, in what is the worst incident involving the armed forces in recent years.
The collission happened at 9.45am involving a HOM M503-3 and a Fennec M502-6 helicopter, both of which departed from Padang Sitiawan earlier.
The HOM aircraft crashed at TLDM stadium in Lumut, while the Fennec crashed at a swimming pool atthe TLDM Lumut Sports Complex.
The personnel killed on board the HOM aircraft include two lieutenant commanders Wan Rezaudeen Kamal Wan Zainal Abidin and Mohammad Amirulfaris Mohamad Marzukhi, as well as Muhammad Firdaus Ramli, Muhammad Faisol Tamadun, and three others to be identified.
Three more personnel killed on board the Fennec are Muhamad Amir Mohamad, Sivasutan Thanjappan and Mohd Shahrizan Mohd Termizi.
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