JUST IN: Ten Killed In Lumut Navy Helicopter Crash

Ten killed in Lumut Navy Helicopter Crash, according to early Tuesday morning reports available to GlobalCurrent24.com.

Ten people are believed to have been killed when two Malaysian Armed Forces helicopters collided in midair at the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) base in Lumut this morning.

According to initial unconfirmed reports, everyone on board the two helicopters died.

The M503-3 Maritime Operations Helicopter (HOM) is thought to have had seven crew members, while the M502-6 only had three.

Both helicopters were undergoing formation training in preparation for Navy Day, which is scheduled to take place from May 3-5.

According to sources at the RMN Strategic Communication Unit, they will issue a media statement shortly. Earlier, a 21-second video went viral on social media, showing one helicopter colliding with the rear of another before both crashed to the ground.

In the same video, helicopter debris is seen falling to the ground near where hundreds of other navy personnel were practicing marching drills.

The actual cause for the collision of these two helicopters is yet to be known. The reports available to GlobalCurrent24.com indicate that there were casualties, but this has not been officially confirmed yet.

According to footage published by local media, one of the helicopters clipped the other’s rotor before colliding with the ground at a stadium.

Read the statements which were released earlier:

“The RMN confirms that an RMN Maritime Operations Helicopter (HOM-AW139) and a Fennec helicopter crashed during a rehearsal for the 90th Navy Day Parade at the RMN Lumut base at 9.32am this morning,” the statement said.

“This incident involved a total of ten personnel, including seven RMN HOM crew members and three RMN Fennec crew members.” All victims were declared dead on the scene and transported to the Lumut RMN base military hospital for identification procedures.

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