“I heard a loud explosion and as soon as I reached the site, I saw a person in flames screaming for help,” said an eye-witness of the Beechcraft Model 390 (Premier 1) plane crash, in Elmina, Selangor, today.

Nur Alia Nordin, 28, said she was in her house in Kampung Kubu Gajah when she got a shock hearing the deafening explosion and ran out to see what was the cause.

“I saw thick black smoke from...