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Thursday, August 17, 2023
At least 10 killed as small plane crashes onto highway in Malaysia
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A small aircraft loses control and crashes on a highway in Malaysia’s central Selangor state, killing all eight people on board and two on the ground, authorities say.
Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan says the six passengers and two crew members on the private chartered plane perished in the crash. The drivers of a motorcycle and a car that were hit when the plane smashed into the highway also died, he says.
The national Bernama news agency quotes witnesses as saying the airplane exploded upon impact. Nur Alia Nordin says she was in her house and was jolted by a deafening noise and saw thick black smoke.
“I heard a loud explosion and as soon as I reached the site, I saw a person in flames on the ground,” she tells Bernama. “I saw a motorcycle and a plane on fire.”
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