Malaysia deputy PM in helicopter emergency landing

The Associated Press , Kuala Lumpur | Sun, 08/16/2009 5:50 PM | World

A news report says a helicopter carrying Malaysia's deputy prime minister has made an emergency landing due to bad weather.

The national news agency Bernama says Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and 13 others on board the helicopter were unhurt in the emergency landing Sunday in eastern Sabah state.

It quoted Muhyiddin as saying the pilot decided to make the emergency landing shortly before reaching his destination due to bad weather. Muhyiddin was on the way to the state capital, Kota Kinabalu.