The plane took off from the Kuantan airbase at 11 am, and after half an hour the contact with him was lost. This is stated in the statement of the press service of the country's air forces.

According to the message, the plane disappeared near the border of Pahang-Terengganu. Malaysian Air Force launches search and rescue operation.

At the same time, the country's Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein already wrote on his Twitter that he was informed about the incident and he prays for the safety of the pilots.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, June 7, between the southern city of Miik and Yangon, the military plane of Myanmar disappeared, in which there were 116 people. Rescuers in Myanmar found the bodies of 62 victims of the crash of a military aircraft carrying 122 people on board.

On the site of the crash, including the bodies of nine children. Although the cause of the incident has not yet been confirmed, the commander in chief of Myanmar, Ming Aung Hlain, said on Sunday that in the area of ??the plane crash there was "a very large cloud".