US team at plane crash site to help in probe

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Ten aviation experts from the United States were at the site of the Beechcraft Model 390 aircraft  jet crash near Bandar Elmina in Shah Alam on Monday (Aug 21) to search for clues into the incident.  Shah Alam district police chief ACP Mohd Iqbal Ibrahim said they are expected to be in the country for a period of seven to 10 days to help in the plane crash investigation.   Read more at http://rb.gy/2bopq  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 10 aviation experts from the United States were at the site of the Beechcraft Model 390

00:08 plane crash near Bandar Al Minar in Shah Alam on Monday to search for clues into the incident.

00:15 Shah Alam District Police Chief ACP Muhammad Iqbal Ibrahim said the team who arrived on

00:20 Sunday are expected to be in the country for a period of 7 to 10 days to help in the plane

00:26 crash investigation.

00:27 ACP Muhammad Iqbal, who was also at the site, said eight officers from the Air Accident

00:32 Investigation Bureau, or AAIB, are also involved in the plane crash investigation.

00:39 He said the AAIB's investigation is focused on discovering the cause of the crash.

00:45 He added that the investigation process will take some time as various small components

00:50 are still at the crash site.

00:51 Among others who will be at the crash site are representatives from the aircraft company

00:56 and an insurance company from Singapore.

00:59 ACP Muhammad Iqbal said all evidence will be brought to a hangar for further investigation

01:04 and analysis.

01:06 He added that the police will still be at the scene to monitor the location as they

01:10 do not want any unauthorised activity or individuals at the scene.

01:14 Earlier, the Transport Ministry said the initial report of the crash will be ready within 30

01:19 days of the incident.

01:21 Last Thursday, 10 individuals were killed in the plane crash, including Pahang local

01:26 government housing environment and Green Technology Committee Chairman, Datuk Sri Johari Harun.

01:32 Eight of the victims were six passengers and two crew aboard the light aircraft, while

01:36 the other two were a motorcyclist and a car driver who happened to be passing by the crash

01:41 site.

01:41 For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/covid19.

01:43 NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

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