IPOH: The flight instructor and trainee aboard the Cessna 172 (9M ADA) training aircraft, which crashed in an oil palm plantation in Besout 2 Tambahan plantation, Sungkai, have been identified as Captain Shahrul Imran Surea, 26, and Ho Jia Lee, 20.
Perak police chief Datuk Seri Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri said Shahrul Imran, who lives in Jalan Jelatek, Kuala Lumpur, is suspected to have suffered a broken right leg, while Ho, from Lahat, Perak, has swelling on the right side of her face.
"The aircraft belongs to Syarikat Layang-Layang Aerospace Sdn Bhd, Ipoh. It was en route from Ipoh to Tg Karang at 7.59 this morning for a training flight but turned back to Ipoh before crashing at the location at 9.30 am," he said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Perak Fire and Rescue Department director Sayani Saidon said both victims were rescued from the scene.
"We received an emergency call at 9.46am, and a team from the Slim River Fire and Rescue Station, assisted by the Bidor team, was dispatched to the incident site, located 20 kilometres from the main road," Sayani added. -- BERNAMA