(April 7): When news was out that his daughter could be one of the passengers in the helicopter crash in Semenyih on Saturday, the father of the victim identified as Aidana Baizieva, was in a state of disbelief.

It was the second tragedy for the family. In 1998, his wife, Baizieva's mother, was killed in a train accident. Baizieva was only eight then.

Kyrgyzstan Ambassador to Malaysia, Kylychbek Sultanov told this to The Malaysian Insider today and that the victim's father was still trying to come to terms with the tragedy.

"Yes, we have informed the family in Kyrgyzstan... he (the father) has been informed, but he refused to believe the news. He believes that Baizieva is still alive," he said, declining to reveal the man's name.

The embassy, he said, was working with the Malaysian police to confirm the identity of the sixth passenger, so far believed to be Baizieva via DNA testing.

"What we know is that her mother died when she was eight in a train accident in Kyrgyzstan. That was why her father could not accept what happened. She (Baizieva) was his only child," he said.

Sultanov said the last time Baizieva's father saw her was three months ago when he came to visit her in Kuala Lumpur.

He revealed that from information gathered so far, Baizieva was believed to have known the pilot and was taking flying lessons from him.

He confirmed that police had gone to her apartment in Pantai Dalam and took some hair and nail samples to help in the investigation.

"Yesterday, the police were at her apartment. They found some records showing that she was taking flying lessons and had an interest in piloting a helicopter." he said.

He also confirmed that Baizieva's step-sister went to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital mortuary yesterday with the embassy officials to facilitate in the identification process.

"Now the police want to do a DNA test, to match with the available DNA," Sultanov said, adding that Baizieva used to work as a manager in a Western restaurant, after graduating from SEGi University last year.

He said the embassy had interviewed some of her friends, but could not get much details as they were saddened by the incident.

"We knew all this information from her friends yesterday, but they could not talk and give much information," he said, adding that the embassy is working to get permission from the family to publish her photograph to clarify some misreporting in the media.

Meanwhile, Selangor police chief SAC Datuk Abdul Samah Mat said that police believed that the female passenger in the helicopter crash was Baizieva, 25.

He also confirmed in a Star Online report today that a team of investigators had gone to her apartment in Pantai Dalam and had acquired items to collect her DNA.

"We also found evidence in the form of plane tickets to Langkawi on March 21 for LIMA with her name and the name of the pilot," he said.

The report also said that based on a statements by the apartment management, the pilot had visited her apartment on several occasions.

"She had shown an interest in flying and wanted to become a pilot.

"Based on statements from the helicopter company, she had, on previous occasions, joined the pilot on flights," he said.

Meanwhile, Abdul Samah confirmed that the body of the pilot, Captain Clifford William Fournier, had been claimed and was now at the US Embassy.

The body, he said, was claimed at 8.15pm on Monday by an undertaker employed by the Embassy.

Fournier was the pilot of the Eurocopter AS365N2 Dauphin helicopter which crashed near Semenyih, killing all six passengers on board including Rompin MP Tan Sri Dr Jamaluddin Jarjis.

Other victims involved in the air mishap were principal private secretary of the prime minister, Datuk Seri Azlin Alias, businessman Datuk Tan Huat Seang and Jamaluddin's bodyguard, Razakan Seran. – The Malaysian Insider