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Helicopter Crash kills Pilot

What: Bell 206 helicopter crash en route from Bintangor, Sarikei to Dataran Sibu
Where: Dataran Sibu
When: April 11, 2011
Who: Captain Sahimi Razali
Why: The helicopter Captain Razali was piloting crashed after three delegates disembarked. The helicopter was ten feet off the ground when he lost control of it and was pinned in the wreckage. He sustained undesignated injuries and died at Sibu hospital. His helicopter was a third of the units carrying a delegation to Dataran Sibu.

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    The flight plan has been released:

    (FPL-MAS17-IS
    -B772/H-SDFGHIJ3J5M1RWXY/LB1D1
    -EHAM1000
    -N0490F310 ARNEM UL620 SUVOX UZ713 OSN UL980 MOBSA DCT POVEL DCT SUI L980 UTOLU/N0490F330 L980 LDZ M70 BEMBI L980 PEKIT/N0480F350 L980 TAMAK/N0480F350 A87 TIROM/N0490F350 A87 MAMED B449 RANAH L750 ZB G201 BI DCT MURLI DCT TIGER/N0490F370 L333 KKJ L759 PUT R325 VIH A464 DAKUS DCT
    -WMKK1137 WMSA WMKP
    -EET/EDGG0017 EDWW0023 EDUU0036 EPWW0052 UKLV0135 UKBV0153 UKDV0225 URRV0255 UATT0347 UTAK0411 UTAA0432 UTAV0507 OAKX0518 OPLR0601 OPKR0616 VIDF0631 VABF0725 VECF0747 VYYF0926 VOMF0930 VTBB1013 WMFC1051 REG/9MMRD PBN/A1B1C1D1L1O1S2 SEL/QREJ DOF/140717 RMK/ACASII EQUIPPED)

    A NOTAM is a notification issued to pilots before a flight, advising them of circumstances relating to the state of flying.

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    B0447/14 (Issued for EISN PART 1 OF 2) – POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS SITUATION UKRAINE AIRSPACE, PARTICULARLY
    OVER
    CRIMEA, THE BLACK SEA, AND THE SEA OF AZOV.

    DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR CONFLICTING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC)
    INSTRUCTIONS FROM UKRAINIAN AND RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES AND FOR THE
    RELATED POTENTIAL MISIDENTIFICATION OF CIVIL AIRCRAFT, IRISH
    AIRCRAFT OPERATORS ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO AVOID, UNTIL FURTHER
    NOTICE, THE AIRSPACE OVER CRIMEA, THE BLACK SEA, AND THE SEA OF
    AZOV, WITHIN THE FOLLOWING LATERAL LIMITS:
    454500N 0345800E-460900N 0360000E-460000N 0370000E-452700N 0364100E-
    452242N 0364100E-451824N 0363524E-451442N 0363542E-451218N 0363200E-
    450418N 0363418E-445600N 0363700E-443100N 0364000E-424400N 0361600E-
    424700N 0340000E-424800N 0304500E-434100N 0303200E-441500N 0302400E-
    444600N 0300900E-455400N 0322500E-454900N 0324700E-455400N 0330600E-
    455600N 0332700E-455900N 0332900E-THEN ALONG THE CRIMEA BORDER TO
    454500N 0345800E.

    UNILATERAL ACTION TO ESTABLISH A NEW SIMFEROPOL (URFV) FIR THAT
    INCLUDES BOTH UKRAINIAN SOVEREIGN AIRSPACE OVER THE CRIMEAN
    PENINSULA AND INTERNATIONAL HIGH SEAS AIRSPACE MANAGED BY UKRAINE
    CONTRADICTS INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ICAO ANNEX 11 STANDARDS.
    END PART 1 OF 2. 01 JUL 08:45 2014 UNTIL 01 AUG 00:01 2014. CREATED: 01 JUL
    08:56 2014
    B0447/14 (Issued for EISN PART 2 OF 2) – UKRAINE NOTAM A0528/14, PUBLISHED 28 MAR 20:14 2014, REJECTS NOTAM
    A0907/14 PUBLISHED BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. UKRAINE CONTINUES TO
    PROVIDE AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES (ATS) IN THE AIRSPACE DESCRIBED IN THE
    PARAGRAPH ABOVE AND RUSSIA IS ALSO PROVIDING ATS IN THAT AIRSPACE.
    FURTHERMORE, UKRAINE NOTAM A0520/14, PUBLISHED 28 MAR 16:59 2014,
    CREATES A PROHIBITED AREA OVER THE CRIMEAN PENINSULA FOR OPERATIONS
    BELOW FL290, AND UKRAINE NOTAMS A0524/14 AND A0569/14 CLOSE VARIOUS
    ATS ROUTE SEGMENTS. RUSSIAN FEDERATION NOTAM A0912/14 REJECTS AND
    DIRECTLY CONFLICTS WITH UKRAINE NOTAMS A0520/14 AND A0524/14.
    CONSEQUENTLY, THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR CIVIL AIRCRAFT TO RECEIVE
    CONFUSING AND CONFLICTING ATC INSTRUCTIONS WHILE OPERATING IN THE
    DISPUTED AIRSPACE.

    OPERATIONS ARE NORMAL IN ALL OTHER UKRAINE FIRS.
    HOWEVER, IRISH OPERATORS FLYING INTO, OUT OF, OR WITHIN LVOV (UKLV),
    KYIV (UKBV), DNEPTROPETROVSK (UKDV), AND ODESSA (UKOV) FIRS, AS WELL
    AS AIRSPACE IN SIMFEROPOL (UKFV) FIR THAT IS OUTSIDE THE LATERAL
    LIMITS OF THE AIRSPACE OVER CRIMEA, THE BLACK SEA, THE SEA OF AZOV
    DESCRIBED IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF THIS NOTAM, SHOULD REVIEW
    CURRENT SECURITY/THREAT INFORMATION AND NOTAMS.

    THE CONTENT OF THIS NOTAM SAFETY WILL BE RE-EVALUATED BY 30 JUN 2014.
    END PART 2 OF 2. 01 JUL 08:45 2014 UNTIL 01 AUG 00:01 2014. CREATED: 01 JUL
    08:56 2014

    Malaysia Airlines Media Statement:


    Media Statement : MH17 Incident

    Released at 12:30am/18 July 2014

    Malaysia Airlines confirms it received notification from Ukrainian ATC that it had lost contact with flight MH17 at 1415 (GMT) at 30km from Tamak waypoint, approximately 50km from the Russia-Ukraine border.

    Flight MH17 operated on a Boeing 777 departed Amsterdam at 12.15pm (Amsterdam local time) and was estimated to arrive at Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 6.10 am (Malaysia local time) the next day.

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    More details to follow.

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