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Trainee pilot survives plane crash

24th March 2010

TANJUNG KARANG: A 21-year-old trainee pilot in a two-seater Eagle light aircraft survived after crashing into a padi field here today when he tried to make an emergency landing.

The pilot, Tengku Zamir Farhan Tengku Zahidi, sustained injuries to his jaw as well as a broken arm.

He was on a training flight from Ipoh to Kapar and was on his way back when the plane crashed at about 4.30pm.

He is believed to have tried to land the plane at the Block R, Tanjung Karang padi field as he had glided onto the field before the plane overturned.

Tengku Zamir is believed to be a student at the Syarikat Intergrated Training Centre Ipoh as the aircraft belonged to the company.

Kuala Selangor district police chief Superintendent Mohd Taib Ahmad said the authorities were alerted to the crash at about 4.50pm.


He said the Department of Civil Aviation was also informed of the crash.

New Straits Times, Mar 25, 2010

TANJUNG KARANG: A 21-year-old trainee pilot in a two-seater Eagle light aircraft survived after the plane crashed into a padi field near here yesterday when he tried to make an emergency landing.

Tengku Zamir Farhan Tengku Zahidi, who was on a training flight from Ipoh to Kapar, fractured an arm and injured his jaw in the incident which occurred at 4.50pm.

He was believed to have tried to land the plane at Block R, near the Tanjung Karang padi field, but encountered difficulty and the plane overturned and crashed into the padi field.

It was learnt that Tengku Zamir is a student of Syarikat Intergrated Training Centre based in Ipoh.

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Kuala Selangor district police chief Superintendent Mohd Taib Ahmad said Zamir was lucky to have escaped with light injuries.

"He has been admitted to the Tanjung Karang Hospital. We have informed his family."

When met at the hospital, Zamir said he tried to make an emergency landing because he suddenly felt his face turning numb during the flight and he managed to inform the control tower.

"I had to land immediately. Maybe because I was tired and dehydrated because I had been flying for several hours."

Villager Alwiyah Salim, 49, said she was about to perform her asar prayers when she heard a loud noise.

"I looked up and saw a plane that was coming down slowly as though trying to land. I rushed out of the house with my brother and went to the area where we thought the plane landed.

"When we reached there, we saw the plane upside down and the pilot was out of the plane, but he looked dazed and was injured."

She said the pilot borrowed her handphone and contacted his family in Lumut, Perak.

"We rushed him to the hospital after that."

Source : NewStraitsTimes

Flying school sets up committee to investigate crash landing

March 17, 2010, Wednesday

LANGKAWI: Flying school HM Aerospace has set up a committee to probe the emergency landing by its Diamond (DA40) light aircraft in the sea near the Pasir Hitam police officers mess in Ayer Hangat on Monday.

DEBRIS: A part of the Diamond (DA40) light aircraft spotted in the sea at Pasir Hitam. — Bernama photo

Its principal, Brig-Gen (R) Datuk Ranjit Singh Gill, said yesterday the committee would prepare a report for submission to the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) and HM Aerospace.

The probe would be an internal affair and need not be made public, he told Bernama.

In the 9.30am incident, the aircraft landed about 100m from the beach and the pilot and a trainee were brought to safety by fishermen who were in the vicinity.

Meanwhile, the aircraft was taken to the flying school in Padang Matsirat yesterday for further investigation. — Bernama

source : Theborneopost

Aircraft crash: Trainee pilot, instructor hurt

March 10, 2010, Wednesday

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BACHOK: A trainee pilot and a flight instructor were injured after an Eagle 150B aircraft of the Asia Pacific Flight Training Centre crashed in a padi field in Kampung Tualang Salak, Jelawat, near here yesterday, police said.

CRASH SITE: Asia Pacific Flight Training Centre officers with the help of firemen and rescue team inspect the wreckage of an Eagle 150B aircraft that crashed in a padi field in Kampung Tualang Salak, Jelawat in Bachok. — Bernama photo

Bachok police chief DSP Yahya Salleh said the trainee pilot, Tuan Ahmad Huzaimi Tuan Mohd Kamal, 29, fractured his left leg while the instructor, Captain Ramesh Meruterana, 30, sprained his right ankle in the accident which occurred at about 4.30pm.

Both of them were rushed to the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) hospital in Kubang Kerian in a Civil Defence Department ambulance after rescue personnel and villagers helped to get them out of the aircraft, he said.

“Both men are in stable condition,” he told Bernama.

An eye-witness, Mohd Suhaimi Husin, 29, said he spotted the aircraft flying low and tilted to one side before it crashed.

He said he was driving from Jelawat to Kota Baharu then with a friend, Mohd Rudzuan Abdullah, 38.

“After we saw the plane go down, I stopped the car and we ran to the aircraft,” he said.

Mohd Suhaimi said he and Mohd Rudzuan helped to carry the trainee pilot and the instructor into the ambulance.

“I managed to speak to both the men and was told that the plane’s propeller had developed a fault before it crashed,” he said.

Mohd Rudzuan telephoned patrolling policemen soon after the incident, he said, adding that the call was made at 4.33pm according to the time registered on the mobile phone.

Another eye-witness, Aminah Mamat, 45, who lives in the vicinity, said she was shocked to see the aircraft flying low and almost hitting the water tank atop a bungalow nearby. — Bernama

source : Theborneopost