The villagers are terrified helicopter crash

Helicopter belonging to the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) crashed on a mission to send food items to flood victims in Kampong Tanah Merah, today. - Bernama photo

SUGAR LAND - Residents of Kampong here uproar when a helicopter type AS 355F2 Ecureuill owned Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) crashed at about 6:30 pm, after hovering in the skies over the village.

Several witnesses were interviewed, said the helicopter was seen flying low and circling two rounds, before the explosion sounded like there was a little, and continued to plunge to the ground.

Members of the humanitarian mission of Kuala Lumpur, Mohd Zulhasnan Abdullah, who was distributing supplies in the village, said he and his team initially thought the helicopter was flying low because we want to reduce the food supply.

"Seeing it (the helicopter flew low), the villagers feel good and come together to see it.

"Suddenly, the helicopter became unbalanced and fell sharply right in front of our eyes. When you look at the situation, we and the villagers rushed to go there and we brought out four people - three men and a woman," he said was found in the village, here today.

Mohd Zulhasnan said he and his colleagues found three men wounded in the head while the woman sustained minor injuries and complained of dizziness.

"We, with the help of the villagers, entering two of the first man into the Perodua Alza, while two others are included in Triton's mine to be sent to Hospital Tanah Merah," he said.

Earlier, the Chief of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar confirmed the incident, and told Bernama that all in the helicopter survived and is undergoing treatment at the Hospital Tanah Merah.

"Thank God, two pilots and two crew survived," he said when contacted today.

Meanwhile, villagers Saifulizan Mohamad, 40, said that although the three men were seriously injured victim, they remained conscious.

He said that after people have spent four victims of the helicopter wreckage, the three men were lying in the courtyard of her home, while she was still able to walk on his own.

"Because I have asked him, how many people in the helicopter, and he said four. I tried to confirm whether he was still conscious," he said.

Meanwhile, another witness, Zaisa Mohd Zin, 31, said he was amused to see the helicopter was flying low near the house, cause he feels like shooting incident.

"But I tried to reach the phone, suddenly you hear a bang, and I ran out and saw that the helicopter had crashed on the ground.

"But fortunately happened to be several doctors who were in the middle of the village we help distributable indivisible in the madrassa near the food. I saw they had given early treatment, including providing oxygen using a mask," he said.