Family of police officer involved in chopper crash relieved he's on path to recovery

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The family of Supt Ahmad Bustamin Baharom, who was among five injured in a police helicopter crash at Sungai Pulai during a mock nuclear training exercise on Thursday (July 10), is relieved that he is on track for recovery.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/bderwhjj  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The family of Superintendent Ahmad Bustamin Baharum, one of five people injured in Thursday's

00:07police helicopter crash at Sungai Pulai during a mock nuclear training exercise, expressed

00:13relief that he is recovering well. His parents, Baharum Mohamed and Chema Abu Bakar, travelled

00:19from their home in Kedah last night to visit him at Hospital Sultana Amina. Baharum recounted

00:24how his son had called just before the exercise to inform him about boarding the helicopter.

00:30Shortly after, he received a shocking call from authorities reporting that the aircraft

00:35had crashed into the water. The father expressed gratitude that his 46-year-old son managed to

00:42escape the submerged helicopter before rescue teams arrived. Superintendent Ahmad suffered

00:49back injuries, including fractured ribs and facial swelling. Senior Assistant Commissioner

00:54Ahmad Lokman Abdul Hadi, Deputy Commander of Operations of Bukit Aman Air Operations Force,

01:02visited the victims earlier, followed by Iskandar Puteri OCPD Assistant Commissioner M. Kumarasan.

01:10The Eurocopter AS-3555 Ecurey crashed approximately 21 meters from the jetty during the exercise, which

01:18involved personnel from Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand.

01:21and Thailand.

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