Two crew members and six passengers were killed when a private helicopter crashed in dense forest on Indonesia’s Borneo island, the transport ministry said on Friday.The Airbus H130 helicopter, owned by local firm Matthew Air Nusantara, lost contact with air traffic control about five minutes after take-off from an oil plantation in the West Kalimantan province on Thursday morning. It was on its way to another plantation in Kubu Raya district.All eight on board were men and one was a Malaysian national, civil aviation director general Lukman F. Laisa said in a statement.
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Malaysian man among 8 dead in Indonesian helicopter crash
A private Airbus H130 helicopter crashed in a dense forest on Borneo island, Indonesia, killing all eight people on board. The incident occurred in West Kalimantan province on Thursday morning, shortly after the helicopter took off from an oil plantation.
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A private Airbus H130 helicopter crashed in a dense forest on Borneo island, Indonesia, killing all eight people on board. The incident occurred in West Kalimantan province on Thursday morning, shortly after the helicopter took off from an oil plantation. The helicopter, owned by Matthew Air Nusantara, was en route to Kubu Raya district when it lost contact with air traffic control. The victims included two crew members and six passengers, one of whom was a Malaysian national. The cause of the crash is currently unknown.
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One of the eight people on board was a Malaysian national.
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The helicopter lost contact with air traffic control five minutes after takeoff.
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The helicopter was an Airbus H130, owned by Matthew Air Nusantara.
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Two crew members and six passengers were killed in a helicopter crash in Indonesia's Borneo.
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