Ten people were killed on Tuesday after two helicopters collided in midair during a rehearsal for a Royal Malaysian Navy parade, the navy said in a statement.
All 10 were crew members aboard the aircraft involved in the accident, which occurred at the Lumut naval base in the western state of Perak at 9.32am on Tuesday morning (0132 GMT), the navy said.
“All victims were confirmed dead at the scene and sent to the Lumut army base hospital for identification,” the navy said.
Ten killed after two Malaysian navy helicopters collide in midair
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Ten people were killed on Tuesday after two helicopters collided in midair during a rehearsal for a Royal Malaysian Navy parade, the navy said in a statement.
All 10 were crew members aboard the aircraft involved in the accident, which occurred at the Lumut naval base in the western state of Perak at 9.32am on Tuesday morning (0132 GMT), the navy said.
“All victims were confirmed dead at the scene and sent to the Lumut army base hospital for identification,” the navy said.
Malaysia’s navy says two military helicopters collided and crashed during a training session, killing all 10 people on board. The navy said in a brief statement that the helicopters were rehearsing Tuesday at a naval base in northern Perak state for the navy’s 90th anniversary celebration next month when the crash occurred. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3Qev7HX #malaysia #helicopter #news Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home
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