Malaysia air force plane crashes at air base

Air force says investigation team would be formed to look into crash in town of Butterworth


Afp December 21, 2016
Emergencies Ministry member walks at the site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region. PHOTO: REUTERS

KUALA LUMPUR: A military plane crashed at an air base in northern Malaysia on Wednesday, leaving one dead and three injured.

The air force said an investigation team would be formed to look into the crash in the town of Butterworth involving the Beechcraft B200T turboprop. Its statement gave no further details.

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Local reports said the plane was being used for training at the time. In May a Malaysian air force Aermacchi MB339CM jet crashed in a small town in the rural state of Pahang but there were no casualties.

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