This news is about the Nuri helicopter crash five days ago. Click on the image for the full news. The helicopter crash landed at Genting Sempah. According to human logic......this helicopter is already 30 - 40 years old and should be replaced due to old age. In this newspaper cutting, according to Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak our very own "defense minister" said that the Nuri helicopters have been properly maintained and are in good condition. If that is the truth, than why the heck there are 13 cases of Nuri helicopter crash?? The cases are :
1969 - Four RMAF personnel were killed after the Nuri helicopter crashed in Sarawak
1981 - Four airman were injured when a Nuri crashed in Batu Melintang
1981 - Two RMAF officers killed and 13 others injured when a Nuri crashed during bad weather
1989 - A Nuri helicopter made an emergency landing in FELDA Sendayan, Seremban
1989 - 21 people killed in a Nuri crash at the Kelantan-Perak border
1989 - 16 soldiers killed when a Nuri crashed in Lundu, Sarawak
Oct 16, 1996 - 2 pilots killed and 3 crew members went missing after Nuri plunged into sea
March 18, 1997 - 2 RMAF Nuri helicopters crashed while on a routine mission in Sabah. 11 killed
March 5, 2004 - 2 RMAF personnel killed when a Nuri copter crashed in the backlane of some
houses in Taman Udara, Penang
Aug 16, 2004 - 3 RMAF personnel were killed when a Nuri copter crash-landed 15km away
from Ba'Kelantan, near Sarawak border with Kalimantan. 7 survived.
May 30, 2007 - 5 RMAF crewmen escaped unhurt after their Nuri made an emergency landing
in a forested area in Labuan
July 1, 2006 - A Nuri helicopter had to make emergency landing in Yan because of technical
problems
July, 2007 - Nuri crashed, 6 people killed ( problem not confirmed yet )
Despite all these problems of Nuri air crashes, guess what!! We are still using this Nuri helicopter as our main transport for the air petrol. Amazingly, Najib said that this is the only option we have for air. What about other peoples lives!! What happen to all the money our country have? Are we that poor until we can get new helicopters for our army? In the US, these helicopters have been history. But in Malaysia, this is our only transport?? Our "defense minister" said that this is our only main mode of air transport. Haha!! The only thing he can do is convey his condolences to the affected families. The term good condition and well maintained is not an excuse when you read the crash records above. According to Pak Lah, our current Prime Minister. This is all fate!! Do you mean all the air crashes are fated!! All the air crashes are caused by HUMAN ERROR and some stupid lame excuse saying that the only option of having an 40 year old helicopter in operation as our main mode of transport!!
