MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Contact with the Eurocopter AS350 was lost early on Thursday near the Malaysian state of Sarawak on the Borneo's northwest coast 20 minutes after departure.
A part of the aircraft's mechanism, a seat, a piece of a door and a piece of the main rotor blade were found near a river bank in Sarawak, Xinhua said, citing Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.
Razak confirmed that Noriah Kasnon, the Malaysian deputy minister of plantation industries and commodities, as well as a parliament member, were among the aircraft's passengers. A total of six people were on board the helicopter.
According to the media, bodies of crew and passengers have not been found yet.
