2024 Lumut mid-air collision

When

23 Apr 2024

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

4.22° N, 100.61° E

Description

mid-air collision in Manjung, Perak, Malaysia

Deaths

10

Crash of two Royal Malaysian Navy helicopters

On 23 April 2024 at 09:32 MYT, two Royal Malaysian Navy helicopters – an AgustaWestland AW139 and a Eurocopter Fennec – collided over the Malaysian town of Lumut during a military parade rehearsal celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Royal Malaysian Navy. Ten people – seven on the AW139 and three on the Fennec – were killed. There were no survivors.

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