KOTA KINABALU: As families and leaders marked the Double Six anniversary – the first following the release of the declassified reports on the crash that killed former chief minister Tun Fuad Stephens and 10 others – questions remain on what really happened that fateful day 47 years ago.
Sabah Deputy Chief Minister I Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan said questions on what had caused the Australian Nomad 9M-ATZ plane to go down would continue to be a mystery as long as they remained unanswered.
“Don’t blame people for raising questions that remain unresolved,” Kitingan said after joining the families in commemorating the 47th anniversary of the incident at the crash site in Sembulan here yesterday. Both investigations by the Malaysian authorities and Government Aircraft Factories , the Australian manufacturer of the aircraft, had pointed at pilot error and overloading of the rear cargo compartment, causing the plane to stall and nosedive into the Sembulan sea.The plane crashed as it made its approach to the Kota Kinabalu International Airport on June 6, 1976.
The Transport Ministry made the findings by the Malaysian authorities public on April 12, with the 20-page report stating that there was no evidence of sabotage, fire or explosion that led to the crash.
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