A small plane crashed into a street in the capital of Selangor state, in central Malaysia, on Thursday. killing eight people on board and two others driving in their vehiclesthe local police chief reported.
“For now I can say that At least 10 people died in the plane crash. Two passers-by, one by car and one by motorbike, also died, along with the eight who were on board the plane,” Mohamad Iqbal Ibrahim told AFP.
The Malaysian Civil Aviation Authority reports this in a statement six passengers and two crew members were on board the plane when it crashed.
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One of the victims was the chairman of the Pahang State Local Government, Housing and Environment Committee.located in the west of the Malay Peninsula.
The Malaysian Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement that the plane, a Beechcraft Model 390, crashed near the town of Elmina while en route between Langkawi Island and Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, near Kuala Lumpur.
The head of the civil aviation authority, Norazman Mahmud, announced the opening of an investigation into the causes of the accident.
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