My source from the defence industry said, last year, a helicopter belongs to Shell Brunei was crashed near Gunung Mulu in Sarawak. The H-92 Superhawk was on its trial to simulate a flight where the oil from the gear box is drain.
H-92 Superhawk (US made) is being offer to Malaysia for the RMAF’s requirement for the new generation medium lift helicopters.
Six manufacturers have submitted their bids and they are, AgustaWestland (AW101), Boeing (CH-47F), Eurocopter (EC725), Rosoboronexport State Corp (Mi-17v-5) and a consortium of Canada, Russia and BAE (Mi-172KF) and finally Sikorsky (H-92 Superhawk).
According to the source, the EC725 is capable to continue its flight eventhough there’s no oil in the heli gear compartment and Sikorsky are trying to do this with their own bird, the Superhawk.
At the moment, no Superhawk helicopter are in service with any private companies in Malaysia so they borrow the helicopter from Shell Brunei.
The unregister helicopters then fly into Malaysia but later crashed near Gunung Mulu. The crashed however never made publics and no news about it appear in local newspaper.
The crew survived but no attempt is been made to retreive the helicopters remain.
ahmad says
ohhh lama dah nii tahun 2008 aku pun muda lagi
Demo says
Kan dia dah cakap, jangan pertikaikan dia punya language…broken. kalau boleh difahami sudah.
Budak berlajar kat convent, St John,VI, Anderson pun English diorang tonggang terbalik
hiadar says
Siapa yang buat lapuran ini?? Bahasa Inggeris pun tak betul macamana boleh jadi penulis????
ambo says
helikopter tu warna kuning..tersadai di atas pucuk kanopi pokok-pokok balak yang rapat dan x jatuh ke lantai hutan..orang tempatan ada melaporkan menemui sisa-sisa barang dalam hutan yang berterabur dari helikopter tersebut..
Adi says
Salam. Menurut sumber maklumat yang boleh dipercayai, TUDM akan mula menerima pesawat EC-725 Cougar yang pertama mulai Disember 2012 atau Januari 2013.
Anonymous says
maaf EC725 BUKAN EC7725
Anonymous says
assalamualaikum encik shahpaskal
walaupun kita berharap untuk kerajaan membeli helicopter EC7725 ini
tapi berita malam ini 0800pm 2hb 12 2009
mengatakan bahawa pembelian tertangguh kerana kekangan wang
makin meningkat risiko para juruterbang NURI kita