Report on Elmina air crash to be released on Sept 15, says Malaysian Transport Minister Loke

KLANG – A preliminary report on

the fatal air crash near Elmina township

will be released on Friday, said Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke. He said the report would be on the voice recording data analysis that was retrieved from the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of the aircraft.

“We will issue a preliminary report next Friday,” he told reporters after opening the Democratic Action Party Wanita national congress on Saturday.

He had earlier said the preliminary report would be out before Malaysia Day, on Sept 16, to meet the deadline for its release within 30 days of the Aug 17 crash.

On Aug 29, the minister said that the manufacturer had successfully retrieved the data from the CVR.

The incident involved a Beechcraft 390 Premier 1 aircraft, flying from Langkawi to Subang in Selangor, which crashed onto the Guthrie Corridor Expressway near the township of Elmina, Shah Alam, at about 2.50pm on Aug 17.

The crash killed all eight people on board, including Pahang state executive councillor Johari Harun, as well as two road users.

On a separate issue, Mr Loke said a trial for a women-only coach for the MRT Kajang Line would begin at the end of September, Bernama reported.

He said if the initiative was implemented successfully, the ministry would extend it to train services on other lines.

“We want to have women-only coaches as we are seeing an increase in sexual harassment cases on trains,” he added.

“During rush hour, women have to ride on overcrowded trains and sometimes there is physical contact.”

Mr Loke said each coach could accommodate more than 100 female commuters at one time.

Last Wednesday, rail operator RapidKL said that it would introduce a women-only coach for trains operating on the MRT Kajang Line.

THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK