Light aircraft crashes in Melaka Straits, three survive

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The only news so far:

 

RT @hmetromy: Sebuah pesawat ringan terhempas di Selat Melaka, dekat Masjid Selat, Melaka, 8.26 malam ini. Tiga pelatih terselamat.

 

A light aircraft crashed in Melaka Straits, near Masjid Selat, Melaka, at 8.26pm just now. Three trainees survived.

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The Star: Three escape with injuries as light aircraft crashes into Malacca Straits http://dlvr.it/3hkcc5

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NST: Three escape death in plane crash

 

By Jason Gerald John and Kelly Koh | news@nst.com.my

 

MALACCA: A Malaysian Flying Academy instructor and her two trainees escaped death when their Piper PA-28 aircraft crashed into the Straits of Malacca, near the Masjid Selat in Bandar Hilir, here, last night.

The trio were on a night flying training exercise when the light aircraft was believed to have experienced some tech nical problems before crashing into one of the busiest straits in the world.

The trio involved in the 8.20pm incident were identified as flying instructor, Capt Sharon Yee, 27, and second year trainees, Soh Shien Shoong, 22, and Faeroz Kamil, 23.

Yee was piloting the aircraft while Faeroz was the co-pilot. Soh was seated at the back row in the aircraft.

 

Read more: Three escape death in plane crash - Latest - New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my/latest/three-escape-death-in-plane-crash-1.325204?localLinksEnabled=false&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter#ixzz2Zt1wqSWL

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The pilot, identified as Shahrom, 27, co-pilot Fairol Bamir, 33, and student Son Sien Shoong, 22, had taken off from Batu Berendam airport at 7pm on a teaching flight.

 

Quoted from TheStar's report. Why did they have to play around with the names of the three involved? Poor reporting if you ask me.

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http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2013/07/24/ministers-son-cheats-death/

 

I gotta say that looks like a strange looking PA-28 according to this website...

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Quoted from TheStar's report. Why did they have to play around with the names of the three involved? Poor reporting if you ask me.

Bad phone connection + threat of deadline perhaps.

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_{Poor news reporting indeed. Nevertheless, one thing is for certain, all the occupants are alive.}

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It's high time MFA replaces its aging fleet.

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Shahrom, Shar Rom, I bet the gaffe is more traumatising to the instructor than the crash itself, whatever his/her name is...