Ngo Wants Double Six Crash Taught In Schools

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The 1976 plane crash claimed the lives of then Sabah chief minister Fuad Stephens, then housing and local government minister Peter Mojuntin and nine others. (Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives pic)PETALING JAYA: An NGO is pushing for the Double Six plane crash to be made a compulsory part of history education, particularly Sabah history.
Then Sabah chief minister Fuad Stephens and 10 others died in the June 6, 1976 incident after the GAF Nomad aircraft they were in crashed in Sembulan, Kota Kinabalu.
In a report in The Borneo Post today, Sunduvan Sabah chairman Aloysius Danim Siap said the group wants the younger generation to learn how the Double Six crash changed the state’s political landscape.
“Let this dark history be a reminder and a guide to all of us,” Aloysius said in a statement.
He said that since 2012, Sunduvan Sabah has organised a gathering to commemorate the event, with the main purpose of demanding that the government release the investigation report into the crash, which was declassified on April 6, 2023.
Investigations were launched by Malaysian authorities, Australian-owned GAF and the Australian department of transport, but their findings were not made public until April last year.
The Malaysian authorities’ report said there was no evidence of sabotage, fire or an explosion in the crash.
The Australian report on the crash found that Sabah Air was operating illegally at the time of the incident.
The report said Sabah Air had submitted a draft of its operations manual towards the end of 1975, but the document was never approved by the then civil aviation department, a federal authority.
Apart from Fuad, the crash claimed the lives of then Sabah state ministers Salleh Sulong, Chong Thien Vun and Peter Mojuntin, as well as seven others. - FMT

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