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Kapar plane crash: Family to identify bodies at 8am tomorrow

KLANG: The bodies of the two victims of the plane crash in Kapar will be identified by next-of-kin at 8am tomorrow.

According to a Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah spokesperson, the police will brief the family members prior to the post-mortem.

The relatives of the victims will only be allowed to identify the bodies after the post-mortem.

Prior to that, it was reported that two police trucks arrived at the hospital's forensic department around 8.45 pm tonight, approximately eight hours after the crash.

Earlier, Selangor police chief, Datuk Seri Hussein Omar Khan told the media that they had successfully retrieved and identified the victims of the plane crash.

At 7pm, Hussein in a press conference confirmed the deaths of the two victims onboard.

He said the 1,300 kilogramme aircraft, belonging to a recreational flight company plunged and buried more than two metres deep.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the two passengers in the light aircraft that crashed were Malaysians

According to reports, the Malaysian men were identified as Daniel Yee Hsiang Khoon, 30 and Roshaan Singh Rania, 42.

Hussein said further investigations will be conducted by the Transport Ministry's Air Accident Investigation Bureau.

The BK 160 Gabriel light aircraft bearing registration number I-POOC is operated by Air Adventure Flying Club.

It departed from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, Subang, Selangor at 1.28pm for a recreational flight.

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