Dramatic footage! Malaysia police helicopter nosedives, crashes into river - Watch

The helicopter nosedived into the river

A Malaysian police helicopter crashed after nosediving right into the waters of Sungai Pulai in Gelang Patah on Thursday morning, authorities confirmed. Authorities further added that five police personnel on the chopper were rescued.

However, media reports said that the police personnel who were rescued are currently in critical condition. The videos of the incident that surfaced on social media showed the helicopter swiftly descending and then finally crashing into the waters.

The AS355 helicopter reportedly crashed while it was performing a flypast as part of a demonstration drive during the MITSATOM 2025 exercise. Three countries, including Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore, were taking part in the exercise.

Malaysian Police CHOPPER takes serious NOSEDIVE

SLAMS straight into the river, at least 5 people hospitalized pic.twitter.com/PzSs8gSBtp

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Malaysia's civil aviation authority issued a statement confirming the incident and said that the accident took place at 9:51 am and that it involved a PDRM AS355N helicopter. The registration number of the helicopter was 9M-PHG, according to theedgemalaysia.com.

The civil aviation authority said that the ill-fated helicopter had taken off from the Tanjung Kupang police station at 9.51 am (local time).

Two of the five police personnel in the helicopter are said to be in more critical condition than the others and are likely in need of respiratory assistance. Both were receiving treatment at Sultanah Aminah Hospital (HSA) in Johor Bahru, reports said.