{
  "id": 6370037,
  "title": "Flying Doctor Service crash: Investigation team due in Miri at 2pm, wreckage to be left untouched",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/flying-doctor-service-crash-investigation-team-due-in-miri-at-2pm-6370037",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-09T02:06:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail-malaymail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/09/09/flying-doctor-service-crash-investigation-team-due-in-miri-at-2pm-wreckage-to-be-left-untouched/234490"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Air Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) investigators are set to arrive in Miri at 2pm today to examine the wreckage of a Flying Doctor Service helicopter that crashed near Long Lellang, Sarawak. The wreckage will remain untouched until the investigators arrive, as instructed by the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM). The search and recovery operations have begun, with a Fire and Rescue Department helicopter carrying 18 personnel departing Miri for Long Lellang at 7am, accompanied by two police helicopters and four police officers from Long Lama and four Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency personnel from Miri. The Bo-105 helicopter, carrying five people, crashed near the Long Lellang STOLport yesterday after the Flight Information Service notified the authority of the incident at 3.58pm.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Flying Doctor Service crash: Investigation team due in Miri at 2pm, wreckage to be left untouched",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/flying-doctor-service-crash-investigation-team-due-in-miri-at-2pm",
        "published": "2026-09-09T02:06:25.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}