Police say the search-and-rescue operation for a missing chopper and its lone pilot will resume at 8am tomorrow. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, September 11, 2022.
THE search-and-rescue operation to locate a helicopter with just a pilot on board that lost contact with the Kuala Lumpur Air Traffic Control Centre before being reported missing in the Bidor area, has been suspended this evening due to unfavourable weather conditions.
“Thus far, we are concentrating on the coordinates provided, in the Chikus Forest Reserve, and areas where information was provided by the public. The search team will narrow down the search areas tomorrow,” he said at a press conference at the Bidor police station. He said the victim’s has not been identified but based on information from the Civil Aviation Authority , only one pilot was involved and there were no passengers.Earlier, Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong at a press conference said the privately owned Eurocopter aircraft lost contact at 12.16pm, with its last-known location being a forest area near Bidor.
The helicopter was scheduled to land at Sultan Azlan Shah Airport in Ipoh at 12.37pm after departing from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, Subang, at 11.37am. – Bernama, September 11, 2022.
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