Gubir shootdown

Gubir shootdown
	Part of Operation Gubir 2 of the; Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–1989)
	; A Sikorsky S-61A-4 Nuri of the RMAF, c. 2009, similar to the one involved in the incident.
Date	26 April 1976
Location	Gubir, Sik District, Kedah6°08′31″N 100°51′01″W / 6.1420°N 100.8503°W
Result	Communist victory
Belligerents
Malaysia	Communist Party of Malaya
Commanders and leaders
Chung Ming Teck †; Wan Munsiff Wan Salim †;	No centralised leadership
Units involved
RMAF	MNLA
Strength
1 helicopter; 14 soldiers (3 on ground);	Unknown
Casualties and losses
11 killed; 3 injured;	None

On 26 April 1976, during a counterinsurgency operation conducted by the Malaysian government against guerilla fighters from the Malayan Communist Party, a Sikorsky S-61A-4 Nuri helicopter operated by the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) was shot down by insurgents in forest reserves near the village of Gubir in Sik, Kedah. The incident killed all 11 people on board the aircraft. It was the first time guerillas shot down an aircraft throughout the Malayan Emergency and subsequent communist insurgency in Malaysia and represented the first personnel killed in action in RMAF history.