KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 – The remains of the six passengers of the ill-fated helicopter will be identified through dental records or DNA, Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai. Three forensic teams have been tasked to do the identification and will complete it tonight. “We will investigate the cause of the crash thoroughly. “For a start, we will revisit the crash site in the morning to gather evidence,” he said at a press conference at the HKL.
Priority will be to retrieve the voice recorder of the helicopter. “We will inspect the wreckage and move it to a safer site,” he added. Department of Civil Aviaton director-general Datuk Azharuddin Abdul Rahman said his team will visit the crash site at 9.30am this morning. Bernama reports that the bodies of all the victims in the helicopter crash on Saturday evening were brought out of the accident site at about 11.30pm last night.
Selangor police chief Datuk Abdul Samah Mat said the search for personal belongings and retrieval of the aircraft wreckage will continue today. “The location site will be closely guarded by security forces until all matters have been resolved,” he told reporters at the crash site in Kampung Sungai Pening here. Abdul Samah said a special team comprising the police, Civil Aviation Department and Transport Ministry would be set up to identify the cause of accident.
According to Abdul Samah, the team will conduct an in-depth investigation. PR1MA chairman Tan Sri Dr Jamaluddin Jarjis as well as the chief private secretary to the Prime Minister Datuk Azlin Alias were listed among the six passengers of the ill-fated helicopter which crashed at about 4.55pm yesterday.
