The Double 6 report was kept classified for 47 years.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has announced that the final report on the 1976 “Double Six” plane crash in Sabah will be declassified.The Cabinet has decided to declassify the case report, which has been kept under wraps for the past 47 years, in the interest of the victims’ families and people in Sabah.
On 6 June 1976, the GAF Nomad N.22B plane carrying several Sabah political leaders crashed and there were no survivors.Australian GAF Nomad aircraft manufacturer launched an investigation to prove that the crash was not due to a mechanical defect. On 6 June, Tun Fuad boarded the government-chartered plane with Tengku Razaleigh and the other BERJAYA leaders. They were en route from Labuan to Kota Kinabalu.
According to reports at the time, Tun Fuad’s son, Johari Stephens was a trainee pilot and he asked whether he could ride in the aircraft’s co-pilot seat. The request was granted and they took off from Labuan.The flight from Labuan to Kota Kinabalu usually takes around 40 minutes, so they should have landed at Kota Kinabalu International Airport about 3.30pm.
Residents nearby allegedly heard the explosion and saw the aircraft broken into two with the cockpit embedded in the sandbank.Yusof said the plane was a total wreck and he had to cut open the aircraft. The harsh impact caused the mangled bodies to converge near the cockpit except for one who was strapped in the safety belt.
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