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The Double Six Crash, also known as the Double Six Tragedy, was a plane crash which took place on 6 June 1976 in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. == Background == Tun Fuad Stephens came to power during the 1976 Sabah state elections which was held from 5 April to 14 April 1976. His party Berjaya party won 28 of the 48 seats contested, defeating the previous governing party United Sabah National Organisation (USNO) led by Tun Mustapha. Tun Fuad sworn in as the 5th chief minister of Sabah on 15 April 1976. On the 53rd day after he won the elections, the plane he boarded crashed on the way to Kota Kinabalu Airport.〔 Released online since (7 March 2013 ) courtesy of Chaos Computer Club Berlin.〕 In the evening on 5 June 1976 (Saturday), Tun Fuad with his brother Ben Stephens and other Berjaya leaders gathered at Labuan Golf Club in order host a post-victory celebration for Tun Fuad's old friend, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah. Tengku Razaleigh was the federal finance minister and also a chairman of Petronas, a Malaysian oil and gas company. Tun Mustapha, the former chief minister of Sabah, had previously refused to sign the 5% oil agreement with Petronas. Therefore, Tun Fuad is keen to straighten this out with the federal government concerning the oil agreement. Tun Fuad, Tengku Razaleigh, and other Berjaya leaders had a good chat until 6:00 am on next Sunday morning. Then, Tun Fuad and his brother had to flew back to Kota Kinabalu in order to flag-off a charity walkathon which will be held in the early morning on the same day.〔 This charity event was organised by Federal Department Staff for National Monument Restoration Fund.〔 In the mean time, another Berjaya leader Datuk Peter Mojuntin decided to stay back in Labuan in order to officiate a Berjaya party branch there and to participate in its victory celebrations.〔 Tun Fuad met his eldest son Johari Stephens at the walkathon which start from Tanjung Aru to Kota Kinabalu. The walkathon ended at 8:30 am in the morning. Tun Fuad decided to take a shower at his own home and went back to Kota Kinabalu Airport for a flight back to Labuan. Tun Fuad also insisted that his eldest son Johari should follow him to Labuan in order to visit the official opening of RM 100 million oil refinery.〔 However, Tun Fuad and his son never make the trip to the refinery because of their own busy schedule. Tun Fuad then went back to Labuan Golf Club in order to meet Tengku Razaleigh in the late morning. Tengku Razaleigh was sleeping all this while from 6:00 am into the late morning.〔 Tun Fuad and Tengku Razaleigh had a lunch at a beach near a village called Layang-Layang. Tun Fuad then presented Tengku Razaleigh with a wooden table that shaped like a Labuan Island as a gift. After that, they decided to return to Kota Kinabalu earlier for the preparation of an official banquet at Istana Negeri (State Palace) at night where Tengku Razaleigh and Tun Fuad were to sign the Petronas deal.〔〔 At 3:00 pm, Tun Fuad, Tengku Razaleigh, and other Berjaya leaders boarded the government-chartered, twin engine, ten-seater Australian Nomad aircraft owned by Sabah Air.〔〔 Peter Mojuntin was among those aboard.〔 Peter originally planned to board the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight back to Kota Kinabalu at 1:30 pm scheduled on the same day.〔 However, Peter was persuaded by Tun Fuad to fly back to Kota Kinabalu with him because Tun Fuad wanted to discuss some matter with Peter on board the flight.〔 Peter also cancelled the MAS flight and declined an invitation to travel in another GAF Nomad plane that were seated with another Berjaya leader Datuk Harris Salleh and Sarawak chief minister Abdul Rahman Ya'kub.〔 In April 2010, Tengku Razaleigh claimed that he was seated behind Tun Fuad while Abdul Rahman Ya'kub was seated on Tengku's right side in the Nomad aircraft when Harris Salleh came in last minute and asked Tengku to exit the plane in order to inspect a cattle ranch at Banggi Island. Tengku agreed and he invited Abdul Rahman to follow him.〔〔 Speech by Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah (In Malay). Uploaded on 3 April 2010. URL assessed on 29 June 2015.〕 Ishak Atan, the private secretary to Tengku Razaleigh, decided to stay back with Tun Fuad's plane because he wanted to prepare the documents for the signing ceremony in Kota Kinabalu. Tun Fuad's plane took off first followed by Harris's plane.〔 Tun Fuad's aircraft also carried heavy goods from duty-free port of Labuan such as expensive golf equipments and coloured television sets. Nomad aircraft were not fitted with a black box to record all its course changes and altitudes at that time.〔 However, Tengku Razaleigh gave a different account of the last minute events in the book titled "The Sabahan:The Life and Death of Tun Fuad Stephens" which was published back in 1999. Tengku claimed that he met Harris Salleh at the beach near the Layang-Layang village when the latter asked him to go to Banggi Island to inspect a cattle ranch. Tengku Razaleigh agreed and went to the Labuan airport. Tengku then climbed into the Tun Fuad's plane and asked Abdul Rahman to accompany him to Banggi Island.〔 According to Borneo Bulletin newspaper published on 12 June 1976, Tun Fuad's son, Johari Stephens (25 years old, trainee pilot) asked if he could ride the plane in the co-pilot seat. The request was granted and the plane took off from Labuan. The flight from Labuan to Kota Kinabalu usually takes around 40 minutes. Tun Fuad's plane should have landed at 3:30 pm at the Kota Kinabalu Airport. The weather was good and the VIP aircraft should have received immediate clearance for landing. However, the plane circled and approached the airport from the north. It was claimed that the ground control tower instructed the aircraft to make another turn because of an inbound MAS-737 flight to the airport. An airport official claimed that there were conflicting instructions from the ground control tower.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Double Six Crash」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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