Firemen examining the wreckage of a Cessna light aircraft piloted by Singaporean Samuel Ling Shi Min that crashed in an oil palm plantation in Kampung Parit Puasa, Ayer Baloi, Pontian, yesterday.
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A 25-year-old Singaporean trainee pilot was killed after his Cessna light aircraft crashed in an oil palm plantation in Kampung Parit Puasa, Ayer Baloi here yesterday.
Samuel Ling Shi Min left the Sultan Ismail International Airport in Senai at 12.30pm.
Ling is training with the FRAS Flying Club based in Senai for a pilot licence and was believed to have encountered difficulties at 1.30pm.
His aircraft was seen spinning several times before nosediving to the ground.
It is learnt that although trainee pilots are required to be accompanied by instructors while flying, Ling was flying alone.
However, trainees who have clocked certain flying hours are allowed to fly solo.
The matter will be investigated by the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA), which is expected to arrive at the crash site today.
Pontian deputy police chief Deputy Superintendent Tan Moh Chuan said they were notified by the villagers at 2.10pm and relayed the information to the Pontian Fire and Rescue Department which sent two teams to the site.
He said the victim's body was sent to Pontian Hospital for a post-mortem at 4.30pm
Tan said the crash site would be cordoned off while awaiting the arrival of the DCA team.
Mohamad Safian Buang, 15, from Kampung Parit Puasa, said he was at home when he saw the aircraft flying low at 1.30pm.
He said he saw the aircraft spinning downwards towards the plantation 100m from his house.
Safian said he knew the aircraft had crashed after he heard a loud booming sound like firecrackers.
He said he got to the site at 1.45pm and saw white smoke covering the crash site, but there was no fire.
"I went closer and saw a horrific sight of the pilot with his head cleaved into two, pinned underneath the wreckage. I felt sick and left to tell the villagers to alert the authorities."
Samuel Ling Shi Min left the Sultan Ismail International Airport in Senai at 12.30pm.
Ling is training with the FRAS Flying Club based in Senai for a pilot licence and was believed to have encountered difficulties at 1.30pm.
His aircraft was seen spinning several times before nosediving to the ground.
It is learnt that although trainee pilots are required to be accompanied by instructors while flying, Ling was flying alone.
However, trainees who have clocked certain flying hours are allowed to fly solo.
The matter will be investigated by the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA), which is expected to arrive at the crash site today.
Pontian deputy police chief Deputy Superintendent Tan Moh Chuan said they were notified by the villagers at 2.10pm and relayed the information to the Pontian Fire and Rescue Department which sent two teams to the site.
He said the victim's body was sent to Pontian Hospital for a post-mortem at 4.30pm
Tan said the crash site would be cordoned off while awaiting the arrival of the DCA team.
Mohamad Safian Buang, 15, from Kampung Parit Puasa, said he was at home when he saw the aircraft flying low at 1.30pm.
He said he saw the aircraft spinning downwards towards the plantation 100m from his house.
Safian said he knew the aircraft had crashed after he heard a loud booming sound like firecrackers.
He said he got to the site at 1.45pm and saw white smoke covering the crash site, but there was no fire.
"I went closer and saw a horrific sight of the pilot with his head cleaved into two, pinned underneath the wreckage. I felt sick and left to tell the villagers to alert the authorities."
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