Horror Borneo helicopter crash kills 8 as aircraft crashes into jungle after take off

Cătălin Roșioru

Eight people have been tragically killed after a helicopter crashed into dense jungle shortly after take-off. The aircraft vanished from the radar at the start of its journey over Borneo’s vast palm oil plantations on Thursday. The Airbus H130 owned by PT Matthew Air Nusantara lost contact five minutes after it took off from Melawi district in West Kalimantan province. It was on its way to another palm oil plantation in Kubu Raya district. Searchers later located the wreckage and recovered the