The crash in the news

2008/08/22
Co-pilot killed, pilot injured in light aircraft crash
By : Zarina Abdullah

The wreckage of the Diamond Star DA40 light aircraft was found by the search-and-rescue team at 7.15am yesterday at Bukit Bidong in Merang, Setiu. — NST picture by Saifullizan Tamadi

KUALA TERENGGANU: The co-pilot of the ill-fated Diamond Star DA40 light aircraft was found dead while the pilot who suffered serious injuries, survived 14-hours of agony before being found trapped in the wreckage at 7.15am yesterday.
Muhammad Ariff Ahmad Fuad, 20, of Subang Jaya, Selangor, who was pinned to the chair in the cockpit, was believed to have been killed by the impact of the crash.

Meanwhile, Mohd Farid Abdullah, 21, of Bandar Baru, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, managed to crawl eight metres after he got out from the aircraft.

Mohd Farid, who was seriously injured, shouted in vain for help as the crash had occurred in the jungle and the nearest village, Rhu Tapai, a residential area for the hardcore poor, was about four kilometres away.

Rescuers, who started combing the jungles in Tepoh near the Bukit Jong quarry after receiving a report at 5.10pm on Wednesday, found the wreckage at Bukit Bidong in Merang, Setiu.
The rescuers had to depend on information from the villagers who said they saw the aircraft flying low and suspected that it had crashed into a forest area.

State acting police chief Datuk Jalaluddin Abd Rahmad said Mohd Farid was sent to the Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital soon after he was found and the body of Muhammad Ariff was taken to the hospital 45 minutes later for a post-mortem.

He said Mohd Farid was being warded for observation.

Jalaluddin said 118 rescuers from the Kuala Terengganu police contingent, Fire and Rescue Department and Civil Defence Department were involved in the operation.

"We had to stop the operation at midnight and resumed around 6.30am yesterday. We spotted the wreckage at 7.15 am," he said when met near the crash site yesterday.

A source said a Nuri helicopter was also seen hovering around the crash site at 4am and is believed to have spotted the aircraft first before informing the rescuers of the exact location.

On Wednesday, the two-seater aircraft had taken off from the Sultan Mahmud Airport for Langkawi International Airport at 4.40pm.

Ten minutes later the police received a call that the aircraft was missing. Immediately a search and rescue team was formed.


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HOi!!!

hoi! my muscles big ok!!! sigh yap dun spread the news im on protein powder ok.. want ppl to think they're natural. ahaha

yea, it's been so long since we updated each other as to our whereabouts. in fact, since my stay in kch was so short, i decided not to go out that often, but spend more time with my family. but yap somehow got hold of me (thanks yap!), and we had a great time eating laksa. haha

im now in sheffield. these few weeks had been awesome! i went to leeds, nottingham, london, paris, york, and im going to london again tmr. saw a few castles (stuffs of dreams, but really they're just a few rocks grouped together), mansions with super huge gardens, and of course eiffel tower. haha i had a great time!



Me-knight in shining armor



my princess-the damsel in distress (though she's smiling happily -.-)








next week i'll be back in KL, and i'm looking forward to going out with kwang. haha
make sure u set out time to go out with me, busy man! then on wed, i'll fly back to jkt. sch starts again on the 1st of september.. and busy-ness kicks in again.

take care guys!

Welcome Bck Home tsan!

oh heys guys!!

haha..good to finally be back on unionof6. really realy sorry for the long absence man..cos in aimst tat time i had to internet connection in my hostel to blog. only now i do :)

well, first off.. tsan! welcome back home to kuching! haha..i do hope u'l enjoy ur short break this time..tho i know in a few hours u'll b flyin off to UK..lucky bugger..sorry that most of us arent around to play with u..u'l just have to do with yap for now k..till the end of the year when hopefuly we all come bck..wakaka..

and for goodness sake, u gota hit the gym more to see those muscles k bro..wana lawan with mine is it? yerdeh..haha..bt yeap, stark improvement i can see compared to last time..hehe..good work tsan.. hope ur not on steroids tho..nxt time prob try test u for muscle hypertrophy..haha..

anyway, as for me..been real real busy with my course..but dont get me wrong, i love every single bit of my study..just tat there is just always so so so much to do..have to do mostly our own studying, there is research always coming up..just finished up a research paper actualy. then well, im also course rep and editor for my college newsletter..so yeah..im on my toes most of the time..gets freaking stressful lots of days i tell u..but honestly, wouldnt be able to sustain so far if not for God's strength! :) have lots of photos i'd like to share with u all actualy..but will do so another day..and depending on my stupid hostel internet connection speed oso..preparing for a practical examination tmr actualy..tot i'd just squeeze in some time now to blog..haha..

k then, gota sign off here guys! take care..yap and andrew, it'l be a good help if u guys could get hold of wong, rod, aloy and marc to tell them we are reviving this unionof6..haha..cheers then

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sze kwang

tsan's back in kch!!

met up with tsan today for breakfast before he leaves for uk tomorrow...and here's the pic we took....gee..i hate camwhoring -.-

so yeah guys...he's very proud with his 'muscles' yeh....but he still looks like a mouse tho...LOL..ntg much has changed in general...still the good ol tsan...hahahaha...

both of us are doing fine so how about the rest of u guys heh? post up all your updates la...keep this blog alive...so we will have something to laugh about in the future eh...lol

p/s...its no longer a secret he takes protein powder and hits gym =D

back for good!

finally..and finally i can log into this blog...i will try to add you guys back so u guys can post stuffs too...so yeah...lets keep each other updated yea....adios for now!

wheres everyone??~

tsan's right...wheres every1 ah? now that kwang has gone to AIMST in sungai petani, Kedah, almost all the ppl in the union is at seprate places except lip leong who is still in kuching! hey c'mon peeps...i know ive been MIA (missing in action) for sometime but its good to have someone lighting up the fire once in a while.

around a month or weeks back i met up with rod and tsan at 1 u...i drove up to cyberjaya to meet my friends and shun bian meet tsan who brings rod togather with him also. we had a nice time and yeah sorry to trouble u guys as u 2 have to travel so far and susah also. sorry i dunno the way around KL yet and kenot just fetch u ppl likethat...hehe...even my friend who is in cyber now still gets lost most of the time when driving. getting lost in KL not only wastes petrol but tolls too...argh dammit.

soory din take any pics when we went out. if u guys wan latest pics of me jus visit my friendster page as ive uploaded most of my latest pics up there....ok c u ppl around yah...all the best guys!

photos

wen for skating outing at sunway pyramid with d frens here at kutpm. quite fun, as im d only guy hu noes how to skate. aha =p

my college..ntg more but a block of shophouse. ppl at inti and st joe should be grateful... no need to talk abt ppl at nz or canada ah

if ur wondering y we're wearing weird clothes, its because we're having a program called Hari Citra Budaya. I was doing pameran alat muzik tradisional. i wish i could wear sumthg more "chinesey" =p alvin say i look like an apek in kung fu hustle.. sigh

and i thut i looked good... haha jk
This is my photo taken with a few of the girls here in kutpm. *wink*

my life, my music in shah alam

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it's been a long time since i blogged here..again. aha =p neway, now that i haf internet here in my apartment, right beside my bed, i've told myself over and over again that i shld blog. well, here i am, to tell u guys what's been happening in my life so far.

i've finally settled down to life here in kutpm (kolej universiti teknologi dan pengurusan malaysia). and more importantly i've gotten used to the notion of going indon. before this i was really unhapy with d prospect of going indon.. especially when sum ppl i noe told me right in my face that they wont look for me when they're sick, the reason being i graduated from indon. sigh but tats reality, i guess.

i've never really told u guys abt my friends here. well, d chinese students here in kutpm are all really bright students. most of them who are going indon are also 2nd intakers. they did not take more than 10 subjs, and so they got dumped to indon, just like me. although all the 2nd intakers here got straight A1's... sigh. neway u guys can imagine d competition here.. aahh personally i feel its more "sengit" than d competition in 5A. really.. i think its because everyone here harbour d hope that if they do well for d foundation course, they can change country or something. I myself have thought about that often enough. =p

there's something that's quite cool that happened towards me here in kutpm. ahah im gaining d reputation of a love doctor. haha ppl treat me like i have lots of xperience in love. i've tried to tell ppl d opposite, about how shy i was back in my sch days (for those of u who noe me, u noe that sometimes i shiver when im talking to girls--- ah, d embarassment then..) and so now they call me the pro who doesnt have any xperience. quite true. haha so next time u guys have any heartaches, remember that im here. =p i'll give u guys special discount.. =p

today is wednesday. i just got back from my friend's apartment just now. went there to do assignments. that's d stupid thing here. so many many assignments till u haf no time to study. btw, my exam is in less than 2 weeks time. next next mon. sigh and 2 weeks ago was my mid sem exam. and now less than 1 month later, my finals. our teachers here have to rush through many many chapters. no prob for them, cos they simply teach. but for us, the students, we have so much to study. sigh especially for bio and msian studies (its sejarah).

well, that's all from me for now. hope to hear from u guys. take care all!!

tsan

Haha this is something cool i got from my roommate's blog. i AM special. =p

Your Birthdate: April 4

Being born on the 4th day of the month should help make you a better manager and organizer. You may be more responsible and self-disciplined than you realize. Sincere and honest, you are a serious and hard working individual. Your feelings are likely to seem somewhat repressed at times. The number 4 has something of an inhibiting effect on your ability to show and express affections, as feeling are very closely regulated and controlled. You are apt to be much more practical, rational, and conscious of details. There is a good deal of rigidity and stubbornness associated with the number 4.

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