Malaysia To Send CVR Plane Crashes In Selangor To US

Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke/PHOTO via Instagram @lokesiewfook

Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke said he would send a cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of the N28JV plane that crashed around Elmina, Shah Alam, Selangor, to the aircraft manufacturing in Florida, United States (US).

Loke said that initially the data analysis from CVR was carried out in Malaysia, but because CVR was in a badly damaged condition on the outside, it could not be processed in a domestic laboratory.

According to him, there was a plan to bring the equipment needed to Malaysia, but it would take months.

"We can't wait for months. So I gave directions to BSKU (Air Accident Investigation Biro) to fly to Singapore that same night (Saturday, 19/8)," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, August 22.

"This morning I received a report from the Head of BSKU that the laboratory in Singapore could not issue the voice recorder. So there are some technical issues, there are obstacles that are not possible or cannot issue the recording," said Loke.

Therefore, Malaysia needs to send the CVR to the manufacturing of itsawatcraft Model 390 (Premier 1) aircraft in Florida, USA, to be able to retrieve recorded data so that it can be analyzed and know for sure the cause of the crash.

The most critical thing for now, said Loke, is getting the CVR data. The cost is not an issue for the government, because it has become a responsibility and a right.

There were 10 victims who died in the plane crash numbered N28JV that occurred in Selangor last week, six of which were passengers, two pilots and two road users.