Plane down, pilot rescued
Published: Jan 27, 2009 4:27 AM | Updated: Jan 27, 2009 4:29 AM
A pilot of a Cessna aircraft which went missing in Johor yesterday morning was found in a safe condition about seven hours later.
Singaporean Sanjay Purosottam, 40, was found trapped in the ill-fated aircraft which took off from Senai airport by rescue workers.
A pilot of a Cessna aircraft which went missing in Johor yesterday morning was found in a safe condition about seven hours later.
Singaporean Sanjay Purosottam, 40, was found trapped in the ill-fated aircraft which took off from Senai airport by rescue workers.
He was successfully airlifted out of the crash site this morning at about 7am. The rescue mission was hampered yesterday to falling darkness and fog.
He suffered a broken thigh bone, burns and bruises and is now undergoing treatment at the Sultanah Aminah Hospital in Johor Baru.
According to a Bernama report, a team of rescuers found the pilot trapped in the aircraft which was stuck nose-down on the branches of the tree about 5pm yesterday.
The plane itself - a two-seater - was perched precariously on a tree at a hillslope in a forest reserve in Gunung Pulai.
Kulaijaya police chief Supt Zulkefly Yahya said that Purosottam was stuck in the aircaft and unable to alight due to the position of the aircraft on the tree.
On the way to Malacca airport
He said that rescuers in three helicopters - one each from the Fire and Rescue Department, Royal Malaysian Air Force and the Police Air Unit - spotted the aircraft tail.
A 60-man General Operations Force and Fire and Rescue Department personnel scaled the slope to rescue Purusottam last night.
However the effort to airlift him from the crash site was hampered due to thick fog.
Having left the Senai airport at 9.40am, the aircraft was scheduled to arrive at the Batu Berendam Airport in Malacca at 10.50am.
However, due to strong winds, the pilot obtained permission from the Department of Civil Aviation to return, only to lose contact with the Senai air traffic control tower at 10.15am.
Singaporean Sanjay Purosottam, 40, was found trapped in the ill-fated aircraft which took off from Senai airport by rescue workers.
He was successfully airlifted out of the crash site this morning at about 7am. The rescue mission was hampered yesterday to falling darkness and fog.
He suffered a broken thigh bone, burns and bruises and is now undergoing treatment at the Sultanah Aminah Hospital in Johor Baru.
According to a Bernama report, a team of rescuers found the pilot trapped in the aircraft which was stuck nose-down on the branches of the tree about 5pm yesterday.
The plane itself - a two-seater - was perched precariously on a tree at a hillslope in a forest reserve in Gunung Pulai.
Kulaijaya police chief Supt Zulkefly Yahya said that Purosottam was stuck in the aircaft and unable to alight due to the position of the aircraft on the tree.
On the way to Malacca airport
He said that rescuers in three helicopters - one each from the Fire and Rescue Department, Royal Malaysian Air Force and the Police Air Unit - spotted the aircraft tail.
A 60-man General Operations Force and Fire and Rescue Department personnel scaled the slope to rescue Purusottam last night.
However the effort to airlift him from the crash site was hampered due to thick fog.
Having left the Senai airport at 9.40am, the aircraft was scheduled to arrive at the Batu Berendam Airport in Malacca at 10.50am.
However, due to strong winds, the pilot obtained permission from the Department of Civil Aviation to return, only to lose contact with the Senai air traffic control tower at 10.15am.
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