KUANTAN, Feb 7 — The Transport Ministry’s Air Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has completed its Investigations at the site where a helicopter crashed on landing at Batu 9, Jalan Lama Bentong-Kuala Lumpur, said police.
Bentong police chief Zaiham Mohd Kahar said AAIB completed its on-site work at around 3.30pm today.
He said police and AAIB have handed over the aircraft wreckage to MHS Aviation Berhad for further action.
“I can only confirm that AAIB was present at the crash site, conducted their investigation and have completed it. As for the aircraft wreckage, my team and AAIB have handed it over to MHS Aviation Bhd,” he said.
The accident involved a Bell 206 L4 helicopter, which reportedly overturned and caught fire while landing to refuel.
The incident claimed the life of an Indonesian ground crew, engineer Finsen Reskey Sembiring, 27, who was struck by the helicopter’s rotor blades. However, the Indonesian pilot survived the incident.
Yesterday, the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia said AAIB would conduct further investigations under Part XXVI of the Civil Aviation Regulations 2016.
Zaiham said the autopsy on the engineer was completed at Bentong Hospital at 3 pm today.
He said the hospital confirmed that the victim’s cause of death was “rotor blade crush injury of the head due to a helicopter crash”.
“The victim’s body was also identified by his uncle at 3.30pm today,” he added.
A check at Bentong Hospital this afternoon found several people, believed to be representatives from the victim’s company, waiting to obtain autopsy results.
However, they declined to be interviewed.
— Bernama
