Horrific video captures giant ball of flames as jet crashes onto Malaysia highway, killing 10 people

Harrowing dashcam movies captured the second a non-public jet slammed right into a freeway in Malaysia, killing all eight individuals on board together with two motorists because it exploded in a fireball.

The Beechcraft Mannequin 390 carrying six passengers and two pilots from the resort island of Langkawilost misplaced contact with air visitors management Thursday afternoon — then got here crashing down on a highway close to the capital of Kuala Lumpur.

Passing motorists caught the crash on dashcams — with the freeway all of the sudden erupting in an enormous, fast-moving ball of flames.

A doorcam from far-off additionally caught a loud growth — sufficient to violently shake the digital camera — because the jet was seen crashing head-first, sparking the rapid inferno.

The 2-engine aircraft struck a automotive and a bike, killing the 2 individuals on the bottom, in addition to everybody onboard, officers mentioned.

“There was no emergency name, the plane had been given clearance to land,” Selangor Police Chief Hussein Omar Khan mentioned.

“Forensic personnel are within the technique of amassing the stays and can deliver them to the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang for a autopsy examination and identification course of,” he mentioned, according to a CNN report citing state newspaper Berita Harlan.

The household of one of many passengers, Shaharul Amir Omar, 49, shared the ultimate selfie from the retired Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) commander.

“My late brother was very excited to board a luxurious plane. He even shared many photographs in our household’s WhatsApp group,” mentioned Omar’s sister, 29-year-old Nur Syahirah Omar, the New Straits Times reported.

She mentioned her brother knowledgeable the household on-line that he was touring with Johari Harun, head of housing and surroundings for Pahang state.

“He was so excited and shared a number of selfies on the aircraft as a result of it was his first expertise (boarding a luxurious aircraft),” Nur Syahirah mentioned.  

“Throughout his service in RMN, we did know that he was a helicopter pilot. My brother informed me that this was his first likelihood to expertise boarding a luxurious plane,” she mentioned, in line with the New Straits Occasions.

“My mom had a hunch that my brother was concerned within the accident as a result of he couldn’t be reached by telephone once more after that,” the grieving sister continued.

“We solely discovered later by means of viral movies on social media, but it surely was nonetheless 50-50 as a result of we weren’t so certain whether or not it was the aircraft my brother boarded or not,” she added.

In the meantime, the late captain’s mom was grief-stricken when she was met by reporters after the tragedy and shared his final phrases along with her.

Mahanom Ismail, 67, mentioned Shahrul Kamal Roslan, 41, known as her earlier than he underwent surgical procedure on the Tuanku Mizan Navy Hospital in Kuala Lumpur on June 24, the New Straits Times reported.

“A day earlier than his gut and gallbladder surgical procedure, he contacted me to ask how I used to be. Earlier than ending the decision, he mentioned ‘I (Adik) love you a lot, mama’,” she mentioned.

The pilot is survived by his spouse and 4 sons.

The flight was operated by non-public firm Jet Valet, which was cited by native media as saying it would cooperate with the investigation.

With Publish wires