Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department director Nor Hisham Mohammad said the body of a woman was found at noon today.
The body has yet to be identified.
It was reported this morning that several parts of the Eurocopter, which went missing enroute to Kuching from Betong, was found at Sg Batang Sadong in Simunjan.
The recovered parts include a rotor blade, a floatation device, part of a helicopter, as well as a door and a seat.
The helicopter took off from Betong at 4.12pm yesterday and headed to Kuching, before losing contact at 4.32pm.
On board the missing chopper were Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities Noriah Kasnon, Kuala Kangsar MP and Malaysian Palm Oil Board chairman Wan Mohammad Khairil Anuar Wan Ahmad, Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry Secretary-General Dr Sundaran Annamalai, Noriah’s husband Asmuni Abdullah, the couple’s bodyguard Ahmad Sobri Harun, and the pilot, Captain Rudolf Rex Ragas.