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Bangkok Airways crash

  • 05-08-2009 3:05am
    #1
    superreds12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭


    Surprised to see nobody posted about this. Can we put this down to just bad weather?

    1 confirmed death in Bangkok Airways crash

    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.


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  • #2
    force eleven
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    http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0805/thailand.html

    Three Irish people on board, all safe.


  • #3
    BrianD
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    Bizarre little airport. I've flown both with Bangkok Airways and landed at the airport. The terminal building has a thatch roof and no walls!


  • #4
    V Bull
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 719 ✭✭✭V Bull


    BrianD wrote: »
    Bizarre little airport. I've flown both with Bangkok Airways and landed at the airport. The terminal building has a thatch roof and no walls!

    RIP the pilot.

    Been there a few times myself, beautifull place........... Here is a photo of the ATR that I last flew in.

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    By vincebull, shot with Samsung S850 at 2009-08-06


  • #5
    Sizzler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,430 ✭✭✭Sizzler


    BrianD wrote: »
    Bizarre little airport. I've flown both with Bangkok Airways and landed at the airport. The terminal building has a thatch roof and no walls!
    Qualnt little airport! The baggage "hall" is classic! A truck pulls up out back and 3 lads throw the bags onto a belt and theres another 2-3 lads waiting to take them off, the bags got put behind a rope till they are all off, the rope is pulld back and then its a free for all for all the pax to go get them!!!

    The runway itself seems very tight, no parallel taxiways either, track backs only! Landed there in a Bangkok Airways 717 and braked right till the end and that was in the dry :eek:


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