The report said the aircraft was completely destroyed on impact although there was no explosion or fire and all 11 occupants, who included the Chief Minister of Sabah and other VIPs were killed.
A board of inquiry was convened on instructions from the Prime Minister of Malaysia and on Tuesday, 8th June, Messrs. D. R. Hooper and S. G. Pearce of G.A.F. accompanied by P. Chequenot and G. Sunderland of D.O.T. travelled to Kota Kinabalu to assist the accident investigation team. The Australian contingent arrived in Kota Kinabalu at noon on Wednesday, 9th June. At the time of the accident, it was engaged on a government charter flight fron Labuan to Kota Kinabalu.
“The aircraft then made a second Labuan Kota Kinabalu round trip where it was again refuelled. These flights were apparently carried out in a normal routine manner and the pilot did not report any aircraft unserviceability which required attention by maintenance engineers.
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