KAPAR (Feb 13): The pilot and passenger onboard the light aircraft model BK 160 Gabriel that crashed at Kampung Tok Muda here on Tuesday afternoon are confirmed dead, said Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan.

He said that according to the registered flight manifest, the victims were identified as Daniel Yee Hsiang Khoon, 30, and Roshaan Singh Raina, 42.

He added that in the 1.45pm incident, both victims were believed to have been buried in the aircraft cockpit more than two metres deep in the ground in an oil palm plantation area.

Hussein said the victims were believed to be carrying out a recreational flight before the incident occurred.

"Efforts to retrieve the body of the two men are being carried out and expected to be completed at about 10pm today. Their bodies will be taken to the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital (HTAR) in Klang,” he told a media conference at the scene of the crash.

He said preliminary investigations found that 45% of the aircraft's body was buried underground after crashing into the oil palm plantation.

Based on their identity cards, the victims hailed from Johor and Penang but are believed to have stayed in Selangor, he added.

Hussein said a total of 150 personnel from various agencies were involved in efforts to retrieve the bodies, with search for the wreckage conducted within a 50-metre radius.

"We have difficulties taking the bodies out from the wreckage, which is buried deep in the ground, and [we] have to use a backhoe,” he said.

He added that the incident, however, did not cause any damage to the houses of residents around the area.