Malaysia plane accident kills 10, including 2 motorists, after crash on Selangor highway
- All 8 people on board as well as a person in a car and one on a motorcycle died after the aircraft plummeted to the ground and exploded upon impact
- Pahang’s Pelangai assemblyman Johari Harun was among those killed
A small aircraft crashed onto a highway near Shah Alam in the Malaysian state of Selangor on Thursday, killing 10 people including an assemblyman.
“For now, I can say at least 10 people were killed in the plane crash. Two passing motorists – one in a car and one on a motorcycle – also perished together with the eight on board the plane,” Shah Alam district police chief Mohamad Iqbal Ibrahim told AFP.
The private aircraft, carrying six passengers and two crew members, was travelling from the resort island of Langkawi to Subang airport in Selangor when it crashed at about 2.10pm, just before it was due to land.
The aircraft lost contact with the air traffic control tower and crashed into a motorbike and a car on the highway, Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan told reporters. “There was no emergency call, the aircraft had been given clearance to land,” he added.
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10 people killed after plane crashes on highway in Malaysia
Photos and videos on social media platforms show a burnt section of the highway, with smoke rising from a fire.