KUALA LUMPUR: Three female navy personnel were among the ten killed in the helicopter crash at the Lumut naval base, says Perak police chief Datuk Seri Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri.
Earlier the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) had confirmed that ten navy personnel were killed when two Malaysian Armed Forces helicopters collided mid-air at the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) base in Lumut this morning.
The incident involved a total of 10 personnel of whom seven were on board an RMN Maritime Operations Helicopter (HOM-AW139) and 3, on board an RMN Fennec helicopter.
All the victims were confirmed dead at the scene and were sent to the Lumut RMN base military hospital for identification processes.
The helicopters crashed during a rehearsal for the 90th Navy Day Parade at the RMN Lumut base at 9.32am this morning.
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