Kuala Lumpur, 17 Aug : A small aircraft with six passengers and two crew members on board crashed in Malaysia on Thursday. The plane crashed while attempting a landing at Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Selangor province.
Malaysia’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAAM) announced that the condition of those involved in the crash is yet to be confirmed. The police however said that eight members aboard the plane and two local people died in the crash.
The accident occurred in Elmona city around 2.51 pm local time. The aircraft was being operated by Jatvalet Sdn Bhd. The plane took off from Langkawi International Airport at 2.06 pm for Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, CEO of CAAM Norazman Bin Mahmud said.
At 2.51 pm the Air Traffic Control Tower observed smoke originating fro the crash site but no call was made by the aircraft.
According to New Straits Times (NST) a car driver and a motorcyclist also succumbed in the crash. Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan confirmed that their vehicles were hit by the aircraft.
