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Mount Gerah helicopter crash
A Sikorsky S-61A-4 Nuri of the RMAF, c. 2009, similar to the one involved in the incident.
Accident
DateNovember 9, 1989 (1989-11-09)
SummaryControlled flight into terrain
SiteMount Gerah, Perak, Malaysia
36°0′5″N 138°41′38″E / 36.00139°N 138.69389°E / 36.00139; 138.69389
Aircraft
Aircraft typeSikorsky S-61A-4 Nuri
OperatorRoyal Malaysian Air Force
RegistrationM23-25
Flight originGemala Post, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
DestinationSungai Siput, Perak, Malaysia
Occupants21
Passengers15
Crew6
Fatalities21
Survivors0

On 9 November 1989, a Sikorsky S-61A-4 Nuri helicopter operated by the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) crashed near Mount Gerah in Perak, Malaysia. It is the deadliest aviation accident to have occurred within the RMAF and the deadliest helicopter crash in Malaysian history.





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