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NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AGENCY
KUALA LUMPUR: A ground crew member was killed when a Bell 206L4 helicopter caught fire while landing to refuel near a TNB project site in Bentong.
Pahang Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) public relations officer Zulfadli Zakaria, who confirmed the incident, said the pilot survived the fire in the incident yesterday morning which completely destroyed the helicopter.
The incident occurred along the old Kuala Lumpur-Bentong road. Both the pilot and victim are Indonesian nationals.
In a statement, the Pahang JBPM operations centre said upon receiving a distress call, five personnel and an officer from the Bentong Fire and Rescue Station were dispatched to the scene, with a Fire Rescue Tender (FRT) arriving at 10.52am.
TNB said it has suspended operations of a second helicopter involved in maintenance work at the project site.
In a statement on its TNB Careline Facebook page, the company said it would fully cooperate with authorities in the investigation and extended its condolences to the victim’s family.
“Witnesses reported that the helicopter lost control and overturned during the landing process.
“The ground crew member, an Indonesian engineer, was fatally injured by the helicopter’s rotor blades,” the statement said, Bernama reported.
Meanwhile, the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) confirmed in a statement that the ill-fated helicopter, leased and operated by MHS Aviation Bhd, was conducting an aerial work flight.
The last update from the operator, received at 10.18am by Flight Information Services at the Kuala Lumpur Air Traffic Control Centre, indicated that the helicopter was preparing to land at the designated landing site.
CAAM said further investigations will be carried out by the Air Accident Investigation Bureau under the Transport Ministry, in accordance with the Civil Aviation Regulations 2016.
JAKARTA (Xinhua/Bernama): An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted Southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia at 04:31 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said.
The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 9.73 degrees south latitude and 97.57 degrees east longitude.
The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) in a statement said that the epicentre of the earthquake was located 835 km southwest of Bengkulu, with a depth of 30 kilometres.
It poses no tsunami threat to Malaysia. There were no also immediate reports of damage. Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Indonesia straddles the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, a highly seismically active zone, where different plates on the Earth's crust meet and create a large number of earthquakes and volcanic activity. - Xinhua/Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: The number of individuals displaced by flooding in Sarawak and Sabah continues to rise, with a total of 5,313 evacuees now taking shelter in temporary relief centres across both states as of 8am on Friday.
In SARAWAK, the number of evacuees has increased to 4,705 across 24 relief centres, up from 4,341 the previous night. Four divisions - Bintulu, Sibu, Miri, and Mukah - have all reported an increase in the number of those evacuated.
The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee Secretariat confirmed that the number of evacuees in five relief centres in Bintulu has risen to 1,880, up from 1,612. Similarly, Sibu saw an increase to 1,186, from 1,173, Miri to 961, from 917, and Mukah to 614, from 575, since last night.
However, the number of victims in the other two affected divisions remained stable. Samarahan recorded 51 victims, while Sarikei recorded 13, each sheltered in a relief centre.
Meanwhile, in SABAH, the state Disaster Management Committee Secretariat said that the number of evacuees had risen to 608 by 8am Friday (Feb 7) morning, up from 479 reported last night. The increase follows the reopening of a relief centre at Dewan Selagon Beaufort on Thursday (Feb 6).
These evacuees have been spread across five relief centres in three districts: Beaufort, Kinabatangan, and Keningau. A total of 223 individuals have been evacuated to a relief centre in Beaufort, 253 to two centres in the Kinabatangan district, and 132 to two relief centres in Keningau. - Bernama
BRUSSELS: Dunia mengalami Januari paling panas dalam rekod, meneruskan trend suhu global yang melampau, lapor Agensi Berita Emirates (WAM), memetik saintis Kesatuan Eropah pada Khamis.
Ini berlaku walaupun terdapat jangkaan bahawa keadaan La Nina yang lebih sejuk mungkin dapat meredakan gelombang panas yang memecahkan rekod.
Januari meneruskan siri suhu tinggi yang luar biasa, dengan 18 daripada 19 bulan terakhir mencatatkan suhu purata global lebih daripada 1.5 darjah Celsius di atas tahap praindustri, menurut Perkhidmatan Perubahan Iklim Copernicus Kesatuan Eropah (C3S) dalam buletin bulanannya.
Ini berlaku walaupun dunia sedang beralih daripada corak pemanasan El Nino yang menyumbang kepada 2024 menjadi tahun paling panas dalam rekod ke arah La Nina yang lebih sejuk, yang melibatkan penyejukan Pasifik Khatulistiwa dan boleh meredakan suhu global.
Suhu purata global pada Januari adalah 1.75°C lebih tinggi daripada zaman praindustri.
Secara global, suhu permukaan laut secara purata pada Januari adalah yang kedua tertinggi dalam rekod untuk bulan itu, hanya melepasi Januari 2024.
-- BERNAMA
BRUSSELS: Dunia mengalami Januari paling panas dalam rekod, meneruskan trend suhu global yang melampau, lapor Agensi Berita Emirates (WAM), memetik saintis Kesatuan Eropah pada Khamis.
Ini berlaku walaupun terdapat jangkaan bahawa keadaan La Nina yang lebih sejuk mungkin dapat meredakan gelombang panas yang memecahkan rekod.
Januari meneruskan siri suhu tinggi yang luar biasa, dengan 18 daripada 19 bulan terakhir mencatatkan suhu purata global lebih daripada 1.5 darjah Celsius di atas tahap praindustri, menurut Perkhidmatan Perubahan Iklim Copernicus Kesatuan Eropah (C3S) dalam buletin bulanannya.
Ini berlaku walaupun dunia sedang beralih daripada corak pemanasan El Nino yang menyumbang kepada 2024 menjadi tahun paling panas dalam rekod ke arah La Nina yang lebih sejuk, yang melibatkan penyejukan Pasifik Khatulistiwa dan boleh meredakan suhu global.
Suhu purata global pada Januari adalah 1.75°C lebih tinggi daripada zaman praindustri.
Secara global, suhu permukaan laut secara purata pada Januari adalah yang kedua tertinggi dalam rekod untuk bulan itu, hanya melepasi Januari 2024.
-- BERNAMA