Six bodies have been found and identified in the plane crash

VEISHNAWI NEHRU
VEISHNAWI NEHRU
17 Aug 2023 11:55pm
Authorities at the scene of the crash, inspecting the motorcycle that the plane collided into - FILE PIX
Authorities at the scene of the crash, inspecting the motorcycle that the plane collided into - FILE PIX


SHAH ALAM - The remains of six victims of the ill-fated plane crash in Elmina have been identified and brought to the hospital.

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said the body of the motorcyclist was found intact while five other victims remains were found to be incomplete.

"The motorcyclist body has been identified and we have informed the family as well.

"As for the victim who was driving the car we are still not sure if he's a Grab driver and might have any passenger with him but we have contacted his family but there has been no response so far ,"he said in the press conference here at the plane crash scene.

Razarudin added the authorities are hoping for the investigation to conclude in 24 hours, as the road that has been cordoned off is more than one hectare.

"We don't want to close the road and would like to open it as soon as possible.

"For the time being, we would collect the debris as well, in order to only cordone the side of the road where the incident took place," he said.

He said the focus now is to find the remains of the victims and not on finding the black box.

"We focus on finding the bodies first, then we would find the black box," he told members of the media.

Razarudin also said were currently 240 officers involved in this investigation.

Meanwhile, Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the next of kin of the victims would be gathering at the South Klang District Police Headquarters (IPD).

Earlier today, a private aircraft crashed at Elmina here about 2.45pm, the aircraft was travelling from the Langkawi International Airport to Subang Airport.

The victims includes eight people who were on board the aircraft, as well as the driver of a car and a motorcyclist who were hit by the crashing plane