KLANG, Aug 18 — As if he knew he would leave his loved ones forever, Shahrul Kamal Roslan, pilot of the ill-fated plane that crashed on the Guthrie Highway near Bandar Elmina, Shah Alam yesterday, shared his wife’s phone number with his colleague.
Shahrul Kamal’s brother-in-law Syed Tahir Syed Mohamad, 39, said the deceased gave his wife’s phone number to a colleague known as ‘Captain Halim’ and asked him to contact his wife should anything happen to him.
“Before this, Shahrul Kamal never shared his wife’s phone number. Halim was also surprised when the deceased did that, maybe he could feel something would happen.
“Halim was the first person who called to tell us about the plane crash,” he told reporters when met at the grounds of the Forensic Department of Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital (HTAR) earlier today.
Syed Tahir said his brother-in-law was a loving and jovial person who friends and family members liked.
Shahrul Kamal, nicknamed comel by his colleagues, was also an efficient pilot.
He added the funeral prayers will be performed at the HTAR Forensic Department and the remains will be buried at the Klang Gate Muslim cemetery in Kuala Lumpur.
Meanwhile, Suhaila Akasha, 46, the wife of another victim, said she could sense that something bad had happened to her husband, Shaharul Amir Omar, 49, when she heard the news about the incident on social media.
“When I heard the news, my heart could not stop pounding. My instinct as a wife was strong although no one told me that my husband was on the plane,” she told reporters.
Shaharul Amir, a retired navy personnel, was an officer to Pelangai state assemblyman Datuk Seri Johari Harun.
A Beechcraft Model 390 (Premier 1) light business jet aircraft flying from Langkawi to the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang crashed at about 2.50pm, killing the six passengers including Johari and two crew on board and a motorcyclist and a motorist on the ground.
— Bernama
