Bangkok Airways flygplan havererade på Samui Airport
Ett flygplan tillhörande Bangkok Airways kraschade i dag på eftermiddagen lokal tid i dåligt väder på Samui Airport.
Planets kapten dödades och 6 skadades. Ingen svensk medborgare rapporteras ha varit med bland de 68 passagerarna.
"1 confirmed death in Bangkok Airways crash
Writer: BangkokPost.com
Published: 4/08/2009 at 03:16 PM A Bangkok Airways plane skidded off the runway and crashed at Samui airport on Tuesday afternoon, killing a pilot and injuring six other people.
Flight PG 266 crashed in severe weather on arriving at the resort island in Surat Thani about 2pm from Krabi province.
The plane reportedly skidded off the runway and collided with an old control tower as the captain attemped to land at Samui airport.
President of Bangkok Airways Capt Puttipong Prasarttong-Osoth said at a press conference at 5pm that the ATR-72 500 series with 70 seats carried 68 passengers, two pilots and two flight attendants.
All of the passengers were foreigners from countries including Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Switzerland and Israel.
The accident killed the pilot and injured six people, four of them seriously. Those in critical condition were taken to Bangkok Samui Hospital. Two others with minor injuries were delivered to the Thai Inter Hospital, he said. The other passengers were taken to their hotels.
Capt Puttipong did not pinpoint the cause of the crash. The airline has taken an investigation team from the Department of Aviation to the accident site at Samui airport.
He said the dead pilot, Pilot Officer Chartchai Pansuwan, was very experienced. He had worked for the company for 19 years, and had flown this model aircraft for 14 years.
After the crash, Thai Airways International cancelled two flights to Samui, TG 287 and TG 288, leaving more than 200 passengers stranded at Suvarnabhumi Airport.
Samui airport was closed after the accident.
Initial reportson local television stations said up to 10 people had died in the crash, but the figure was rapidly reduced during the afternoon."
Planets kapten dödades och 6 skadades. Ingen svensk medborgare rapporteras ha varit med bland de 68 passagerarna.
"1 confirmed death in Bangkok Airways crash
Writer: BangkokPost.com
Published: 4/08/2009 at 03:16 PM A Bangkok Airways plane skidded off the runway and crashed at Samui airport on Tuesday afternoon, killing a pilot and injuring six other people.
Flight PG 266 crashed in severe weather on arriving at the resort island in Surat Thani about 2pm from Krabi province.
The plane reportedly skidded off the runway and collided with an old control tower as the captain attemped to land at Samui airport.
President of Bangkok Airways Capt Puttipong Prasarttong-Osoth said at a press conference at 5pm that the ATR-72 500 series with 70 seats carried 68 passengers, two pilots and two flight attendants.
All of the passengers were foreigners from countries including Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Switzerland and Israel.
The accident killed the pilot and injured six people, four of them seriously. Those in critical condition were taken to Bangkok Samui Hospital. Two others with minor injuries were delivered to the Thai Inter Hospital, he said. The other passengers were taken to their hotels.
Capt Puttipong did not pinpoint the cause of the crash. The airline has taken an investigation team from the Department of Aviation to the accident site at Samui airport.
He said the dead pilot, Pilot Officer Chartchai Pansuwan, was very experienced. He had worked for the company for 19 years, and had flown this model aircraft for 14 years.
After the crash, Thai Airways International cancelled two flights to Samui, TG 287 and TG 288, leaving more than 200 passengers stranded at Suvarnabhumi Airport.
Samui airport was closed after the accident.
Initial reportson local television stations said up to 10 people had died in the crash, but the figure was rapidly reduced during the afternoon."
Det er alltid trist å lese om ulykker men heldigvis ble det ikke en fullstendig katastrofe denne gangen ettersom de fleste overlevde. Og det er også skremmende å lese om dette når det gjelder en flyplass og et flyselskap som jeg har benyttet flere ganger.
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