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The State Government will continue pushing for the release of the full investigation findings into the Nomad plane tragedy in Sembulan waters 46 years ago, which killed newly-elected Chief Minister Tun Fuad Stephens and 10 others, including four of his ministers
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 Kinabalu. Killed in the tragedy on June 6,1976, was the crème de la crème of Berjaya, which had been...