Having Lost Contacts In Perak Malaysia, Helicopter Pilots Found Selamat

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JAKARTA - Malaysian Transportation Minister Wee Ka Siong said helicopter pilots with registration marks N409HH who had lost contact were found safe around the accident site in Bidor, Perak, on Monday, at 08.20 local time. "Thank God! I was just informed by CAAM (Malay Civil Aviation Authority) that the helicopter pilot who lost contact with the Kuala Lumpur Air Traffic Control Center yesterday was found safe at the accident site around Bidor, at 8:20 a.m. today," Wee Ka Siong said on his official Facebook account. reported by Antara, Monday, September 12. He gave the highest appreciation to the Royal Malaysian Air Force (TUDM), the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM), the Fire and Rescue Department and all parties involved in the SAR operation. Currently, he said rescue teams were trying to get pilots to Ipoh Hospital for treatment. A helicopter lost contact with the Kuala Lumpur Air Traffic Control Center (KLATCC) on Sunday, 12.16 local time, in Bidor, Perak. CAAM top official Captain Chester Voo said the helicopter was Eurocopter EC120B with registration sign N409HH operated by Outpost Heli Sdn Bhd. The helicopter with a pilot took off from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, Subang, Selangor, at 11.37 p.m. for a private flight and was scheduled to land at 12.37 p.m. at Sultan Azlan Shah Airport, Ipoh, Perak. The radar system at KLATCC had recorded a sharp decline in the height of the helicopter and air traffic control officers in charge of trying to come into contact with the pilot, but there was no reply. The Kuala Lumpur Aviation Rescue Coordination Center (KLARCC) at KLATCC was immediately activated to determine the location of the helicopter that had lost contact. The Royal Malaysian Air Force had conducted a search until 19.12 am on Sunday night and the Malaysian Royal Police searched for the helicopter until 18:39 p.m. at the last known location for rescue efforts. Bidor, Perak, is about 138 kilometers northwest of the Kuala Lumpur Communion Area.