The Beechcraft jet lost contact with air traffic controllers before crashing onto a highway, killing all eight on board and two others on the road.
A small private jet crashed into a motorbike and a car while attempting to land at an airport on the outskirts of Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, leaving at least 10 people dead, officials said on Thursday.
The light private business jet, was carrying six passengers and two crew when it crashed near Elmina township at 2.08pm, just before it was due to land, Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan told reporters.The Beechcraft jet lost contact with the air traffic control tower and crashed into a motorbike and a car on the highway, he said.A search and rescue mission was under way on Thursday evening.
The country’s civil aviation authority said the flight had departed from the holiday island of Langkawi and was en route to Selangor’s Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport near capital city Kuala Lumpur.CAAM chief executive Norazman Mahmud said the aircraft made first contact with Subang Air Traffic Control Tower at 247pm and landing clearance was given a minute later.
“At 2.51pm, the Subang Air Traffic Control Tower observed smoke originating from the crash site but no mayday call was made by the aircraft,” he said in a statement.The CAAM said the flight was operated by Jet Valet Sdn Bhd, a Malaysian private jet services company.
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