Passenger Plane Attempting to Land at Airport Crashes onto Highway... At Least 10 Dead in Malaysia

Connection Lost with Control Tower After Landing Clearance
Passengers and Highway Drivers Among Fatalities

A passenger plane attempting to land at an airport in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, crashed onto a road, resulting in at least 10 deaths.

A passenger plane attempting to land at an airport in Malaysia crashed onto a road.
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According to major foreign media reports on the 17th (local time), at around 2:40 PM that day, a small passenger plane attempting to land at Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, crashed onto a highway.

The accident caused the deaths of at least 10 people, including 6 passengers and 2 crew members on board the plane, as well as 2 drivers on the road who collided with the crashed plane.

A passenger plane attempting to land at an airport in Malaysia crashed onto a road.
[Photo by Daily Mail YouTube]

Among the passengers was reportedly the son of a Malaysian politician and former Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, but some media outlets reported that this was not true.

According to accident footage and witnesses, the plane fell onto the road in a nosedive. Immediately after the plane collided with the ground, the surrounding area was engulfed in flames caused by an explosion, and debris from the plane scattered across the opposite side of the road.

A passenger plane attempting to land at an airport in Malaysia crashed onto a road.
[Photo by Daily Mail YouTube]

Local police stated that the aircraft had received landing clearance from the control tower. However, communication with the control tower was lost two minutes before the scheduled landing time, and the accident occurred thereafter.

Investigators are currently searching for the plane's black box. Anurati Locke, Minister of Transportation, stated, "Since the investigation is ongoing, we cannot comment on the cause of the accident at this time."

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