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First responders check up on the helicopter crash web site in Lumut, Perak state, Malaysia on April 23, 2024.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — Two Malaysian military helicopters collided in mid-air all over a practice session for a naval parade on Tuesday, killing all 10 workforce individuals aboard, the military stated in a observation.
The incident befell on the Lumut naval base within the western state of Perak at 9:32 a.m. native time, the military stated.
“All sufferers had been showed useless on the scene and despatched to the Lumut naval base army clinic for identity,” the military stated.
A video circulating on native media confirmed a number of helicopters flying in formation, when one of the vital choppers’ rotor clipped some other sooner than each airplane crashed into the bottom. Native police showed the pictures used to be authentic.
The military stated it will examine the reason for the collision.
Protection Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin stated the airplane — a maritime operations helicopter and a Fennec army chopper — had been rehearsing for a parade celebrating the ninetieth anniversary of the Royal Malaysian Army, because of be hung on Saturday.
Efforts had been underway to ensure the identities of the workforce individuals killed, all of whom had been underneath the age of 40, he advised newshounds.
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