In the highlands of Sarawak, where rivers and ridgelines replace roads, five people gave their lives to the quiet work of bringing medicine to those who would otherwise go without. A BO-105 helicopter carrying two nurses, a doctor, a medical assistant, and a pilot crashed near Long Lellang on September 8th, 2026, killing all aboard. Among them was Jessie Paya Jok, 44, who had just told her closest friend she was preparing to leave the flying doctor service to pursue advanced midwifery studies — a plan that speaks to the particular tragedy of lives cut short not in retreat, but in forward motio
Nurse's Dream Cut Short: FDS Helicopter Crash Claims Life of Aspiring Midwifery Student
Five healthcare workers killed in helicopter crash: nurses Jessie Paya Jok and Debra Moset, pilot Captain Zainol Afiq Bee Sham, medical officer Dr Ainul Baraah Kamaruddin, and medical assistant Alexson Adit Henry.