Fahmi Fadzil: Defence Ministry to provide preliminary report on TLDM helicopter collision in two weeks

Anis Zalani

24 April 2024 at 3:18 am

PUTRAJAYA, April 23 — Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil today said that the Defence Ministry will provide an interim report on the Royal Malaysian Navy (TLDM) helicopter crash in two weeks.

He also said that the full report on the tragedy will be ready in over a month.

"The prime minister has conveyed condolences and the defence minister has committed that an interim report will be prepared within two weeks, with the full report on the incident to be published within a month from now,” he said in a press conference here today.

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