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KOTA KINABALU (June 6): It is up to the families of the Double Six victims to write a letter to request for another inquiry into the plane crash tragedy, said Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Dr Jeffrey Kitingan. "I feel that this matter is up to the families involved. The government wil

KUALA LUMPUR (April 26): The Australian government has finally declassified the 46-year-old report on the “Double Six” tragedy in Sabah on June 6, 1976 that killed all 11 onboard including then Sabah chief minister Tun Fuad Stephens and key state leaders. This comes a few weeks after the Malaysia

Kota Kinabalu: Former Chief Minister Tan Sri Harris Mohd Salleh described Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as the only Malaysian Prime Minister who had the courage to declassify the Malaysian findings on the Double Six tragedy as promised.

Kota Kinabalu: Former Chief Minister Tan Sri Harris Mohd Salleh described Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as the only Malaysian Prime Minister who had the courage to declassify the Malaysian findings on the Double Six tragedy as promised.

Kuala Lumpur: There was no evidence of sabotage, fire or explosion in the Sabah Air plane crash that killed the then Sabah Chief Minister Tun Fuad Stephens, along with several members of the State Cabinet in 1976, according to the declassified report on the crash.

Double Six, declassified report, Tun Fuad Stephens, aircraft, crash, cause

KOTA KINABALU: The family of the late Datuk Peter Mojuntin is hoping to finally get the answers to several key questions that have surrounded the “Double Six” plane crash that occurred over 40 years ago.

THE Double Six tragedy arguably spawned the biggest conspiracy theory in Sabah.

On 6 June 1976, former Sabah Chief Minister Tun Fuad Stephens and some Sabah political leaders perished in a plane crash enroute to Kota Kinabalu from Labuan.

Lost potential: Tun Fuad (wearing dark glasses), Conrad Mojuntin (on Tun Fuad’s right) and Peter Mojuntin (seated, on Conrad’s right) on the campaign trail in Matunggong, Sabah, in March 1976. — PETRUS CONRAD FORTY-FIVE years ago today, a Nomad N-22B aircraft that had entered Kota Kinabalu airport airspace began a one-and-a-half-turn spiral plummet that ended in disaster. The plane, which had departed from Labuan, crashed into shallow waters off the coast of Kampung Sembulan Baru, Kota Ki...