RSAF Skyhawk Crash Into Straits of Malacca

Wednesday, 10th October 1984

A RSAF Air Force pilot was missing after the A-4 Skyhawk crashed into an area 30 nautical miles west of Singapore in the Straits of Malacca. 26-year old pilot Lieutenant Khoo Seng Kim was missing while 28-year old pilot Captain Kwok Him Yin was rescured by passing fishing vessel.

Update: Diver found Lieutenant Khoo Seng Kim body inside the wreckage of the A-4 Skyhawk. The Defence Ministry gave Lieutenant Khoo a funeral with full military honours.

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