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Crash of a De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou in Kampung Atap: 7 killed

Date & Time: Sep 24, 1982 at 1510 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
M21-17
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Taiping - Kuala Lumpur
MSN:
306
YOM:
1973
Flight number:
Misty 116B
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The twin engine airplane was completing a flight from Taiping to Kuala Lumpur under call sign 'Misty 116B'. En route, while cruising over the Cameron Mountain Range, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in a wooded and isolated area. The wreckage was found a day later and all seven occupants were killed.