SABAH AIR - PLOTTING ITS DESTINATION

Sabah Air

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Penerbangan Sabah Sdn Bhd, trading as SabahAir (Malay: Penerbangan Sabah), is an airline based in Sabah, Malaysia.

The airline was incorporated in 1975 as a private limited company wholly owned by the state government of Sabah, under the purview of the state Ministry of Finance. The board of directors is made up of the state government and private sector. The role of the board is to formulate a set of strategies and policies to achieve a common goal and vision. The Air Operator Certificate issued to SabahAir by the Malaysian Department of Civil Aviation permits it to carry out non-scheduled air services and flying services to any destinations in Malaysia.

Services

Pleasure flights can be arranged for sightseeing above neighbouring islands and beaches in Sabah, such as Gaya, Manukan and Sapi islands to visitors. Business and visiting flights are arranged for both diplomatic and private missions.

Incidents and Accidents

On June 6, 1976 11 lives including the first chief minister of Sabah Tun Fuad Stephens and some state cabinet members were lost in an air crash over Sembulan village in Kota Kinabalu district. The plane which was on its way to Kota Kinabalu airport from Labuan, crashed about 30 minutes after taking off. Until this date, no formal report appears to have been made.

On November 29, 1995 10 Sabahans and 1 Filipino worker were killed in a helicopter crash at the Samarang Seas between 10 and 11a.m. The helicopter was inflight from the old airport (currently Terminal 2 Airport) to the Petronas offshore oil rig. Some of the victims' bodies have not been found till this day. The cause of the helicopter crash was an engine operation failure.

On April 11, 2011,one of their helicopter had crashed after taking off during a bad weather at Sibu Townsquare Phase One,where the helicopter was carrying Deputy Prime Minister entourage as he was about to attend another function in conjunction of Sarawak state election,with the pilot was injured.^[1]However,the pilot succumbed to its injuries and died at Sibu Hospital, later that day

As of January 2011 the SabahAir fleet includes  :

Aircraft	Number in Service	Number on Order	Number of Seats
GAF N22B Nomad	1	-	10
Bell 206B Jet Ranger helicopter	6	-	4
Bell 206L3/L4 Long Ranger III/IV helicopter	2	-	6
Beechcraft King Air 200	1	-	9
Agusta 109 Grand	1	-	6
AS 355NP	1	-	5

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