00:00The Perak Fire and Rescue Department has confirmed that 10 people died after two Royal Malaysian
00:07Navy helicopters collided and crashed in Lumut, Perak today.
00:12In a statement, the department said work is ongoing to retrieve the bodies of the victims
00:16from the helicopters.
00:19A 21-second video of the incident that has gone viral on social media shows one helicopter
00:24crashing into the tail of another mid-air and both diving to the ground after that.
00:30In a statement, the Royal Malaysian Navy said the incident involved a total of 10 individuals
00:36with the HOM M5033 helicopter carrying seven people and the remaining three aboard the
00:42Fennec M5026.
00:45The Navy said the incident involved a total of 10 individuals, all of whom were confirmed
00:49dead at the scene and were subsequently transported to the Lumut Royal Malaysian Navy Base Military
00:54Hospital for identification purposes.
00:58The Navy said it would establish an investigation board to determine the cause of the incident.
01:03Dhanesh Rajareza, FMT News.
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