KLANG – Police will take over the investigation into the plane crash near Bandar Elmina in Shah Alam last Thursday if there is an element of crime or foul play, said Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan.
He said currently, the investigation is being carried out by the Air Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB).
“If AAIB finds anything suspicious, it will inform the police, and the police will take over (investigation). For now, the police’s part of the investigation is complete. We have recorded the statements of witnesses, he said when met at the Istana Alam Shah grounds after the swearing-in ceremony of the Selangor menteri besar here today.
Hussein said police had so far recorded the statements of the three owners of the dashboard camera (dashcam) who were at the crash site.
In the incident on Thursday, a Beechcraft Model 390 (Premier 1) business jet crashed on the Guthrie Corridor Expressway near Bandar Elmina, killing 10 people.
The victims who died were six passengers, including Pahang Local Government, Housing, Environment and Green Technology Committee chairman Datuk Seri Johari Harun, and two crew members of the light aircraft.
Eight of the victims were six passengers and two crew aboard the light aircraft, while the other two were a motorcyclist and a car driver who happened to be passing by the crash site.
The ill-fated aircraft was on a flight from Langkawi to the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang and had been cleared to land at 2.48pm but crashed two minutes later. – August 21, 2023