KUALA LUMPUR: The high-energy impact of the Elmina air crash resulted in fatal injuries to all aircraft occupants, investigators revealed.
According to the Air Accident Investigation Bureau's (AAIB) final report on the crash, the force, collision pattern, and magnitude of the impact exceeded human tolerance limits, making the accident unsurvivable.
"Visual and field analysis indicated that the aircraft's right wing tip first impacted the solid ground, followed immediately by the nose at high energy.
"The short-duration acceleration (0.1 to 0.5 seconds) typical in high-energy collisions led to fatal injuries to the aircraft occupants," the report said.
The report also said the high-energy collision of the aircraft on the ground ignited a fire due to flammable fuel in the tank.
"The fire engulfed the entire fuselage, aircraft occupants, as well as the collateral motorist and motorcyclist on the ground.
"Several remains were severely charred," the report read.
The crash survivability and human tolerance to impact, it said, were analysed using the reference tool CREEP (Container, Restraint, Environment, Energy Absorption, Post-Crash
factors).
The report added that the assessment of these factors determined the causes of injuries and the survivability of the occupants.
According to the report, the cause of death for both pilots was multiple injuries and evidence indicates that neither the Pilot-in-Command (PIC) nor the Second-in-Command (SIC) suffered from cockpit incapacitation.
On Aug 17 last year, the six-seater Beechcraft Model 390 Premier 1 aircraft bearing the registration number N28JV, crashed near Elmina, Shah Alam during its approach into Subang Airport from Langkawi.
The crash killed all eight people onboard along with two road users.