Double-six tragedy: Fuad's son was a passenger, not the co-pilot, says family


KOTA KINABALU: Johari Stephens, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat in the 1976 ill-fated Nomad crash that killed him, his father Tun Fuad Stephens and nine others, was just a passenger on the flight.

Fuad's family said that it was a well-known fact since the crash that Johari was sitting in the co-pilot seat among the 10 passengers on board.

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