00:01The pilot and four health ministry health care workers aboard a flying doctor service helicopter that crashed near the Long
00:08-Lelang stall port in Sarawak have been confirmed dead.
00:12MIRI Division Resident and Disaster Management Committee Chairman Galung Luang said the deaths were confirmed by the Fire and Rescue
00:19Department and Health Ministry.
00:21The victims' identities have yet to be released.
00:26Meanwhile, Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mohamed Zainal Abdullah said Hays and the remote location were hampering search and rescue, SAR
00:35efforts, with the journey to the crash site expected to take about 10 hours.
00:40He said the privately owned helicopter had been chartered for flying doctor service operations covering Balai, Long Siut and Long
00:48Lelang.
00:49Commissioner Zainal said the SAR operation was relying on villagers, RELA personnel and auxiliary police at the Long Lelang stall
00:58port, while security personnel were making their way to the site.
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