KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: A small plane with eight people on board crashed in the Malaysian state of Selangor on Thursday, the country’s civil aviation authority said.
The condition of the six passengers and two crew members aboard the Beechcraft Model 390 (Premier 1) could not be immediately confirmed and a search and rescue mission is underway, the civil aviation official said in a statement.
It crashed near the town of Elmina after taking off from the holiday island of Langkawi for Selangor’s Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Selangor, chief executive Norazman Mahmud said in a statement.
“A total of six passengers and two flight crew were on board and their conditions are yet to be confirmed,” he said.
