A small plane with two people on board disintegrated in mid-air.
The light aircraft then nose-dived out of the sky and some parts were left lodged two metres into the ground.
Pilot Daniel Yee Hsiang Khoon and co-pilot Roshaan Singh Rania died from multiple injuries.
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The recreational flyers were 30 and 42 years old respectively.
The plane crashed in an oil palm plantation near Kapar, west of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia yesterday (13 Feb).
Local Jinaidi Nasiran witnessed the plane falling from the sky.
He said that “something was off” with the way it was flying moments before the plunge.
Local worker Sufian Hadi Abas said he heard a loud bang shortly before the collision.
He told local media: “When I looked up, I saw fragments of the plane flying everywhere before it crashed into the ground.”
The aircraft in question was a Blackshape Gabriél BK160TR.
The Italian plane was “Singapore-owned”, according to local media.
The Air Accident Investigation Bureau will investigate the case.
No possible causes of the crash had been given at the time of reporting.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia said in a statement: “The aircraft, operated by Air Adventure Flying Club, took off from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, Subang, Selangor at 1:28 pm for a recreational flight.
“The last contact with the aircraft by air traffic control personnel was reported at 1:35 m, but no distress calls were received.”
The article features on Need to Know.
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