Double Six Monument
With Double Six Monument (Malaysian Tugu Peringatan Double Six ) a monument in is Kota Kinabalu in the Malaysian state of Sabah indicated that commemorates the plane crash on 6 June 1976 in which leading politicians and members of the government of the state were killed.
The Sabah Air plane coming from Labuan crashed while approaching Kota Kinabalu International Airport in the suburb of Sembulan. All occupants of the plane were killed in the crash, including Tun Fuad Stephens , the then Prime Minister of Sabah . The name Double Six is derived from the day and month of the disaster and has been imprinted on the collective memory in Malaysia under the name Double Six Tragedy .
The place of the crash is marked with the Double Six Monument (mal. Tugu Peringatan Double Six), a memorial in the form of a stone obelisk, which was erected shortly after the accident. The memorial is located in the Sembulan district within the Grace Garden building complex in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah on Jalan Pantai Sembulan.
An exhibition hall at the entrance to Grace Garden shows photos of the accident and biographical notes on the aircraft occupants.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Air Crash Kill 11 , June 7, 1976; Accessed June 12, 2012
Web links
- "Special Exhibition On Tun Fuad At Sabah Museum" , Bernama , June 6, 2006.
- "Display on Fuad's life and deeds" , Daily Express , June 7 of 2006.
Coordinates: 5 ° 57 '43.9 " N , 116 ° 3' 42.5" E