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- TNB suspended operations of the second helicopter, following an incident in which a Bell 206L4 helicopter caught fire while landing for refuelling at Batu 9 in Jalan Lama Bentong-Kuala Lumpur on Thursday morning.
PUTRAJAYA (Feb 7): The suspension of operations for a second helicopter involved in maintenance work at the Tenaga Nasional Bhd or TNB (KL:TENAGA) project site in Bentong, Pahang, will not disrupt the East Coast Railway Link (ECRL) project, said Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook.
Speaking to reporters on Friday, he said ECRL work will continue, adding that suspensions are temporary in response to accidents.
As of last month, the ECRL project, which covers Pahang, Kelantan, Terengganu and Selangor, had made overall progress of 78.5%.
TNB suspended operations of the second helicopter, following an incident in which a Bell 206L4 helicopter caught fire while landing for refuelling at Batu 9 in Jalan Lama Bentong-Kuala Lumpur on Thursday morning.
An Indonesian engineer, Finsen Reskey Sembiring, 27, who was struck by the aircraft's rotor blades, perished in the incident. However, the pilot, a fellow countryman, survived.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia announced that the Air Accident Investigation Bureau will conduct further investigation of the incident under Part XXVI of the Civil Aviation Regulations 2016.
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