Crime & Safety news in Miri Hospital
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Five killed in Miri flying doctor helicopter crash; 12-year-old son still waits for mother
A helicopter carrying a Health Ministry flying doctor team crashed while trying to land at Long Lellang short take-off and landing airport in Sarawak's northern interior on the afternoon of the 8th, killing all five on board. The dead include a pilot, a doctor, a medical assistant and two nurses; the mother of nurse Deborah Mors said in Miri that her grandson refuses to believe his mother is gone and keeps waiting for her to come back.
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Miri Hospital staff pay last respects to three colleagues killed in Long Lellang helicopter crash
Miri Hospital staff gathered on Sunday to bid farewell to three colleagues killed in the Flying Doctor Service helicopter crash in Long Lellang, Sarawak. The remains of staff nurse Debra Moset, medical assistant Alexson Adit Henry and staff nurse Jessie Paya Jok were released from the hospital mortuary, with burials planned in Lambir. The pilot and a medical officer were flown to Peninsular Malaysia for burial.
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Long Lellang crash victims' remains released from Miri Hospital for burial
The remains of Captain Zainol Afiq Bee Sham and Dr Ainul Baraah Kamaruddin, two of five victims of the Long Lellang helicopter crash, were released from Miri Hospital mortuary on Sunday morning. After funeral prayers at Jamal Addin Mosque in Taman Jelita, Miri, the bodies were taken to Miri Airport to be flown to Kota Bharu and Kuala Lumpur. Remains of three other victims are also being released, with burials expected in Lambir on Monday.
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Father of helicopter crash pilot asks for prayers to bring body home to Negeri Sembilan
The father of Captain Zainol Afiq Bee Sham, the pilot killed in a helicopter crash near Long Lellang Airport in Ulu Baram, is asking for prayers so that arrangements to bring his son's body back to Negeri Sembilan go smoothly. He and his family are in Miri, Sarawak awaiting DNA identification results that may take up to four days. The family has decided not to view the victim's remains.
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Pilot's family awaits DNA results in Miri before bringing remains home
The family of Captain Zainol Afiq Bee Sham is still waiting for DNA identification results in Miri, Sarawak, after a helicopter crash near Long Lellang Airport in Ulu Baram. His father, Bee Sham Ahmad, said the post-mortem is ongoing and DNA results may take up to four days. The family hopes to bring the remains back to Negeri Sembilan smoothly.
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Father of Sarawak crash victim Dr Ainul travels to Miri with belongings for DNA identification
The father of Dr Ainul Baraah, who died in a helicopter crash in Sarawak, has traveled to Miri with her personal belongings to assist with DNA identification. The family departed from KLIA Terminal 2 on a flight arranged by Layang-Layang Aerospace. The helicopter, carrying five people on a flying doctor service, crashed near Long Lellang Short Runway Airport in Ulu Baram.
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Heavy rain delays rescue access to Long Lellang helicopter crash site
Rescue operations to reach the site of a helicopter crash at Long Lellang STOLport in Ulu Baram, Miri, are being delayed by heavy rain. Authorities are waiting for the weather to improve before deploying a helicopter, with all assets on standby. A briefing was held at the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department's Northern Region Air Base in Miri.
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AAIB investigators arrive in Miri to probe Long Lellang helicopter crash
The Air Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) team is expected to arrive in Miri today to begin investigating the helicopter crash near Long Lellang, Sarawak. The crash site has been cordoned off, and search and rescue operations will resume. The helicopter, a BO-105 from the Flying Doctor Service, was carrying five people when it crashed.
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Sarawak welfare dept probes family sleeping rough in Miri, Batu Niah
The Sarawak Welfare Department is investigating reports of a family, including a young child, sleeping rough in Miri and Batu Niah. Deputy Minister Datuk Rosey Yunus said the family in Batu Niah is believed to be the same one involved in an earlier incident in Miri, and the department is also checking a similar case in Kuching.
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Teenage motorcyclist dies in crash on Jalan Lambir, Miri
An 18-year-old woman died after her motorcycle hit the back of a four-wheel drive that had stopped on the road shoulder at KM9 Jalan Lambir, Pan Borneo Highway Bintulu-Miri. She was pronounced dead at the scene by a medical assistant from Miri Hospital. Police are investigating under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.
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Untaxed cigarettes worth RM265,566 seized in Miri
Sarawak Marine Police Region Five seized several cartons of untaxed cigarettes worth RM265,566 in a parking area in Bandar Baru Permyjaya, Miri on Friday. A local man was arrested and the case is being investigated under Section 135(1)(e) of the Customs Act 1967.