Australia to release report on Double Six tragedy FMTNews
The plane crash on June 6, 1976, claimed the lives of then Sabah chief minister Fuad Stephens and 10 others.
PETALING JAYA: An Australian tribunal has greenlit the release of the country’s report on the 1976 plane crash that claimed the lives of then Sabah chief minister Fuad Stephens and 10 others.The Australian Administrative Appeals Tribunal decided to allow for the release of the report yesterday, according to lawyers representing former Sabah chief minister Harris Salleh, the Malay Mail reported.
According to the report, the pilot had a history of poor performance in flying and the aircraft was overloaded in the aft section. The incident, better known as the “Double Six tragedy”, also claimed the lives of state ministers Salleh Sulong, Chong Thien Vun and Peter Mojuntin after the GAF Nomad aircraft they were in crashed in Sembulan, Kota Kinabalu.
Following the incident, the Australian GAF Nomad manufacturer and the Australian Department of Transport launched an investigation to prove that the crash was not due to mechanical issues.
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