A Bangkok Airways plane crashed upon landing on the resort island of Koh Samui at about 2:30 p.m. local time today. Reports say the pilot was killed and 7 were injured when the plane skidded off the runway. The flight originated in Krabi, Thailand. Approximately 70 passengers were on board.
The BBC has a story here, Reuters has a report here, Al Jazeera English has a story here, and you can find an image of the crash scene here.
For the latest, you can search Google News or Twitter. I’m tweeting info as it becomes available; you can follow me on Twitter here.
UPDATE: if you were a passenger on this flight, please email me: newley (@) gmail.com
UPDATE 2: More images from the crash scene can be found here.
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