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Fatal Bangkok Airways crash on Samui
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.
For information on the names of passengers on board the flight and their condition, call Bangkok Airways Hotline at 02-265-8777 or 1771.
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Being reported on BBC site..............
Several passengers have been injured after a Thai domestic airliner skidded off the runway and hit a control tower on a popular tourist island.
The Bangkok Airways flight with about 70 people on board crashed during landing on Koh Samui, reports said.
A company official told reporters that all passengers were evacuated, but said an unspecified number were wounded.
The plane was arriving from the western Thai town of Krabi, which is also a popular tourist destination.
"The plane just pinched the control tower but there was no fire," Sakchai Jorpalit, district chief of the Thai tourist island, told the French news agency AFP.
He said most of the wounded were tourists, adding that some were hospitalised with non-life threatening injuries.
An airport official told the Associated Press that it was raining heavily when the plane landed around 1400 local time (0800 GMT).
The resort island of Koh Samui lies some 300 miles (480km) south of Bangkok.
TBWG sawadi
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Hi Bums
Looks nasty luckily no fire! confused4
TBWG sawadi
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List injured passengers from The Nation~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List of injured passengers at Bangkok-Samui and Ban Don Inter Hospitals
List of injured passengers at Bangkok-Samui hospital
Linda Thongkorn, 28, crew member
Supanasa Namjit, 25, crew member
Mr Nicolas Havel, 39, Briton
Mr Panteli Pantelis, 39, Briton
Mrs Elodie Lacovangelo, 41, Swiss
Mrs Mirella Gastaldi, 39, Italian
Mr Thanawat Premrudee, 35, co-pilot
Miss Goosleng Joyce, 26, Briton
Miss Ballantye Claire, 38, Briton
List of injured passengers at Ban Don Inter Hospital
Mr Abreheam Gzaaf, 42, Dutch
Mr Lucar Gzaaf, 11, Dutch
TBWG sawadi
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It must have been bloody windy to blow it off the runway,the ATR has a pretty low landing speed.It will be interesting to find out the true wind speed & if it was within the Aircraft limit!!!Sad to see the pilot was killed.
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I've experienced a landing in bad weather in a ATR72. Read about it here: http://buriraminformer.blogspot.com/2009/07/flying-between-bangkok-and-buriram.html
Scary!! :o
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I've experienced a landing in bad weather in a ATR72. Read about it here: http://buriraminformer.blogspot.com/2009/07/flying-between-bangkok-and-buriram.html
Scary!! :o
At least you are still in one piece!!!!!!!!!!
I doubt very much if the aircraft was nearly out of fuel............AS it departed BKK with trip fuel<both sectors>,he should have had 2 hours diversion/hold fuel on board.Regulations are 1 hour of diversion fuel per sector........
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author=nookiebear link=topic=1104.msg3694#msg3694 date=1249442847]
I've experienced a landing in bad weather in a ATR72. Read about it here: http://buriraminformer.blogspot.com/2009/07/flying-between-bangkok-and-buriram.html
Scary!! :o
At least you are still in one piece!!!!!!!!!!
I doubt very much if the aircraft was nearly out of fuel............AS it departed BKK with trip fuel<both sectors>,he should have had 2 hours diversion/hold fuel on board.Regulations are 1 hour of diversion fuel per sector........
jumping6 Flamed again by the bear surrender1
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author=nookiebear link=topic=1104.msg3694#msg3694 date=1249442847]
I've experienced a landing in bad weather in a ATR72. Read about it here: http://buriraminformer.blogspot.com/2009/07/flying-between-bangkok-and-buriram.html
Scary!! :o
At least you are still in one piece!!!!!!!!!!
I doubt very much if the aircraft was nearly out of fuel............AS it departed BKK with trip fuel<both sectors>,he should have had 2 hours diversion/hold fuel on board.Regulations are 1 hour of diversion fuel per sector........
jumping6 Flamed again by the bear surrender1
No flaming...........I had 37 years in Commercial Civil Aviation,flying & maintaining many types of aircraft during that time,so believe it or not I do know what I am talking about.