Malaysia

Agong visits Elmina plane crash site

King arrives at 5.40pm, gets briefing from Selangor top cop

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 17 Aug 2023 7:40PM

Agong visits Elmina plane crash site
Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah (centre) at the site of the plane crash in Bandar Elmina today. – Bernama pic, August 17, 2023

SHAH ALAM – Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah went to the ground to check out the situation in Bandar Elmina where a small aircraft carrying six passengers and two flight crew crashed earlier today.

The king arrived at the crash site at 5.40pm and was given a briefing on the incident by Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan.

Also present was Selangor Fire and Rescue Department director Wan Md Razali Wan Ismail.

The Agong was also seen consoling the victims’ family members.

Earlier, Hussein confirmed that 10 people were killed in the crash, eight of whom were passengers and crew members of the aircraft.

Two other victims were a motorcyclist and a passenger of a car on the road where the plane crashed. – Bernama, August 17, 2023

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