Malaysian Navy attack ship and 7 officers missing
Malaysia's Bernama news agency on October 6 quoted a source from the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) as saying that the country's Navy lost contact with an attack ship and seven officers on board while the ship was returning to its base in Layang-Layang, near Sabah state.
Malaysia's Bernama news agency on October 6 quoted a source from the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) as saying that the country's Navy lost contact with an attack ship and seven officers on board while the ship was returning to its base in Layang-Layang, near Sabah state.
RMN Commander Abdul Aziz Jaafar confirmed that the CB90-type assault craft deployed from Naval Base No. 5 lost contact with the corvette KD Paus during the mission.
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| Malaysian Navy ships patrol and search for missing plane at sea. (Source: AFP/VNA) |
Boat numbered CB204 and ship KD Paus left the base in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah state at 5:00 a.m. on October 5 (local time) and lost contact with the escort ship at 11:15 a.m.
"The incident occurred in bad weather conditions in the Pulau Mengalum area of Sabah," he said.
According to Mr. Abdul Aziz, the search and rescue operation was conducted with the participation of vehicles and forces from RMN, Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) and Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA).
According to VNA
