KUALA LUMPUR — A small plane with eight people on board crashed onto a highway near the city of Elmina, Shah Alam on Thursday (Aug 17), killing 10 people, including all on board and two motorists on the road.

One of the victim is Pahang state executive council member Johari Harun who was a passenger on the plane.

The incident occurred at around 2.40pm, Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan told reporters at the scene.

"The aircraft which took off from Langkawi was cleared to land at the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang when it lost communication with the control tower.

"The aircraft crashed into the road here and hit a car and motorcycle.

"Based on our checks at least two crew members and six passengers were on board the flight. They all died at the scene," he was quoted by Malaysia media outlet The Star as saying.

He said the driver of the car and the motorcyclist died on impact.

"We have yet to establish if there were more people inside the car."

Mr Hussein said that the Fire and Rescue Department managed to put out the fire in 10 minutes.

"Forensic personnel are in the process of collecting the remains and will bring them to the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang for a post-mortem examination and identification process," he said.

Pahang Speaker Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin expressed his condolences over Johari’s death on his Instagram account.

Johari was the state Local Government, Housing, Environment and Green Technology Committee chairman.

"Sad news, Johari, Pahang state exco member, Pelangai assemblyman, Bentong Umno division chief has returned to the mercy of god, involved in the plane crash in Elmina, Shah Alam,” wrote Mr Sharkar.

Several pictures and videos have since gone viral of the burning wreckage lying on the road there.

User of social media @qamahl shared a video of a street, which was the site of the crash. It was covered in soot and smoke from the crash.
 

Malaysia's Civil Aviation Authority (CAAM) had also confirmed the incident in a statement, saying that the aircraft was carrying six passengers and two flight crew.

CAAM chief executive officer Norazman Mahmud said the aircraft was a Beechcraft Model 390 (Premier 1) with the registration number N28JV.

The plane operated by Jetvalet departed Langkawi International Airport at 2.08pm.

"The first contact made by the aircraft with Subang Air Traffic Control Tower was at 2.47pm and landing clearance was given at 2.48pm.

"At 2.51pm, the Subang Air Traffic Control Tower observed smoke originating from the crash site but no mayday call was made by the aircraft," he said.

The Kuala Lumpur Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre has been activated to coordinate the search and rescue mission.

A safety investigation will be conducted by the Air Accident Investigation Bureau under the Transport Ministry in accordance with Part XXVI of the Civil Aviation Regulations 2016. AGENCIES