Sejarah Caribou terhempas di Cameron Highlands 1982

Saya baru maklum bahawa terdapat satu peristiwa kapal Terbang terhempas telah berlaku betul-betul di Cameron Highlands iaitu pada 24 September 1982. Ia melibatkan pesawat Angkatan Tentera Udara  Di Raja Malaysia dari jenis Caribou. 

Kemalangan ini mengakibatkan 7 orang anak kapal telah terkorban di tempat kejadian. 

Lokasinya di Kampung Atap iaitu di Kaki Gunung Jasar atau 23 km dari barat Pekan Brinchang. Difahamkan kampung ini adalah kampung orang asli dan kini telah berpindah sepenuhnya di sekitar laluan Jalan Simpang Pulai ke Cameron Highlands. 

Kata kawan-kawan yang lama di sini, dahulu untuk pergi ke Kampung Atap ini memerlukan perjalanan meredah denai hutan selama 8 jam untuk sampai. 

Saya kongsikan info berkaitan kemalangan ini dibawah: 

HARI INI DALAM SEJARAH : PESAWAT CARIBOU TERHEMPAS DI CAMERON HIGHLANDS (24 SEPTEMBER 1982)

Type of aircraft: De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou

Registration: M21-17

Flight type: Military 

Schedule: Taiping - Kuala Lumpur 

C/N: 306

Y.O.M: 1973

Flight number: Misty 116B

Location: Kampung Attap, Cameron Highlands.

Airplane damage: damaged beyond repair

Crew on board: 7

Survivors: NO

Caribou aircraft FM 1415 (c/n # 305) (callsign Misty 116B) took off at 1450hrs from Taiping airstrip for an air drop supply mission. On board were the Pilot, Co pilot, one Air Quater Master and 4 Air Dispatchers.

The aircraft took off at 28,388lbs all-up-weight and with 4hours endurance. The aircraft was enroute for Pos Attap, Pos Gedung and Pos Tenau cruising at 3,500ft.

At 1505hrs, the aircraft called on the RT, reporting east of Ipoh  then switch over to RMAF operational frequency, informing Taiping that they were 5 minutes out of Brinchang and established at ops area.

That was to be the last call heard from Misty 116B. Contradicting emergency procedures, DISTESFA was only activated at 1900hrs and Search and Rescue was initiated. FM 1415 was sighted, crash 6 1/2 miles Northeast of Kampung Attap on September 25, 1982 at 1040hrs.

There were no survivors from that accident.

They were identified as: 

Captain Lt. (Udara) Quah Han Meng

Co pilot Chei Chian Cha

Air Quarter Master Sarjen Jayasilen

Sarjen Marshall Fernandez and Sarjen Abdullah bin Tabir.

Private Sharin bin Jasin

Private Shafie bin Mat Wali

-Capt. Kalam bin Pie (RMAF)

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