Six missing chopper passengers found

Six missing chopper passengers found

MALAYSIA: All six people aboard a helicopter that disappeared during a storm while flying over thick jungle in Malaysia's part of Borneo island were found on Tuesday, a charter company official said.

The six were sheltering in a traditional longhouse in a village near the Malaysia-Indonesia border in eastern Sarawak state, Aidan Wing of Hornbill Skyways was cited as saying by the national news agency, Bernama.

It was not immediately clear if those on board survived a crash landing, or if the helicopter set down safely to avoid the storm.

Earlier on Tuesday, officials said the air force and police were searching heavily forested highlands on Borneo island on Tuesday for the helicopter, which went missing on Monday afternoon shortly after taking off from the remote mountain settlement of Bario, at 1,000 meters above sea level, in Sarawak. -- AP