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KAMPAR Dec 14 — A police inspector was killed when the helicopter he was piloting on a training flight crashed and burst into flames in a mining area in Malim Nawar, 45 km from here, today.
Inspector Mohd Shukri Othman, 31, died on the spot in the accident which occurred at about 3 pm, said Kampar police chief Supt Abdul Aziz Salleh.
He said Mohd Shukri, who was attached to the Bukit Aman police headquarters, was on a solo flight from the flight training centre in Ipoh in a Robinson 44 (R-44) helicopter.
The body of the inspector, who hailed from Kepala Batas, Penang, was sent to the Kampar Hospital, he said.
Mohd Shukri, who leaves a wife and a child, had started his helicopter pilot training in the middle of this year, he added.
Firemen put out the fire at the crash site.
