Deputy Minister Datuk Noriah Kasnon and her entourage had used a Sabah Air Bell helicopter to Betong but switched to the ill-fated Eurocopter for their return trip.

Sabah Air Aviation Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Chan Kong Ngee said this when explaining that the company’s helicopters were not involved in the Sarawak crash after a picture of Noriah and her entourage standing in front of Sabah Air helicopters went viral on social media.

Chan said that the helicopter pictured with Noriah and four others was a Bell206 while the helicopter involved in the crash was a Eurocopter AS350.

He said the picture with the Sabah Air helicopter in the background was taken in Kuching on Thursday before they boarded it to Betong.

The deputy minister and her group flew on the Sabah Air helicopter to Betong but flew in the Eurocopter for their trip back to Kuching, he said.

“All our five helicopters in operation for the Sarawak elections are safe,” he said, adding the helicopter with flight code 9MAZK was flown by Capt Roslan Mustapha and was presently operating in Serian.

Source:
courtesy of THE STAR

by The Star

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