Group switched to ill-fated copter for return trip


Recovery mission: Firemen loading the crashed helicopter’s parts onto their boat.

KOTA KINABALU: Deputy Minister Datuk Noriah Kasnon and her entourage had used a Sabah Air Bell helicopter to Betong but switched to the ill-fated Eurocopter for their return trip.

Sabah Air Aviation Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Chan Kong Ngee said this when explaining that the company’s helicopters were not involved in the Sarawak crash after a picture of Noriah and her entourage standing in front of Sabah Air helicopters went viral on social media.

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