Marhalim Abas

LANGKAWI: LIMA 2025 starts tomorrow – aerospace segment at the Mahsuri International Exhibition Centre (MIEC) and Resorts World Langkawi, maritime segment – and as usual it is the biggest since its inception, says its main organiser, the Defence Ministry. Fifty-seven aircraft will be taking part in the flying display with another 43 aircraft on static display on the apron. The bulk of the aircraft are from Malaysia.

SHAH ALAM: RMAF today announced that its aircraft – helicopters and fixed wing aircraft – will be conducting training flights as part of preparation for the LIMA 25 show scheduled for May 20 to 24. The first phase of the training flights starting on May 6 to May 13 will be conducted in the areas of Alor Setar, Kedah, and Butterworth in Penang. The second phase of the training flights will start on May 14 to May 19 over Langkawi Island in Kedah.

SHAH ALAM: An RMN speedboat – likely the one gifted by the King – was damaged during an incident at Teluk Baru, Langkawi, today. Videos of the incident showed the boat – conducting training for LIMA 2025 next week – running out of control on the water before crashing into a boat at Teluk Baru before running aground on part of a hill there. Bernama quoted the police as saying that two people were injured in the incident and the boat which the RMN speedboat had crashed into was a tourist boat.