Shah Alam district police chief Mohamad Iqbal Ibrahim confirmed {that a} jet has crashed. He stated it appeared that each one the passengers on the aircraft had perished however could not give additional particulars. One other police officer, who declined to be named as he is not approved to talk to the media, stated that a minimum of 9 our bodies have been discovered.
Civil aviation authorities stated there have been six passengers and two crew members on board the aircraft. The Malay Mail on-line information portal quoted eyewitnesses as saying the airplane exploded upon impression, with a few of the particles from the crash hitting a bike.
The New Straits Instances, an English-language newspaper, stated on its web site that the aircraft was imagine to be en route from the northern resort island of Langkawi to the Subang airport in Selangor when it was believed to have encountered difficulties and crashed onto the freeway.
Movies shared on social media confirmed fireplace and plumes of black smoke rising from the crash website on a grassy garden by the aspect of a fundamental freeway in Shah Alam. A part of the highway was seen coated in thick soot. Police and firemen have been deployed to the scene.
Transport Minister Anthony Loke is anticipated to launch additional particulars at a information convention later Thursday.
