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Thailand

Tourists stranded on Koh Samui

Today’s Bangkok Post:

Flights to Koh Samui were cancelled for the second day in a row, and ferry services stopped, as worried residents and trapped tourists stayed indoors on the island, being battered by prolonged heavy rainfall.

At 1.55pm, Bangkok Airways flight PG 103 took off from Suvarnabhumi airpotl with passengers bound for Samui but was not able to land and had to return to Bangkok. Strong winds made it unsafe for flights in the island.

Officials of Raja Ferry also said they suspended services due to waves measuring three meters high between Samui and Surat Thani.

Thousands of tourists are stranded in Samui, waiting for the first possible flight back to their homes. Worried tourists are beginning to express frustration at a relative lack of information from airline operators.

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Misc.

Plane crash on Koh Samui kills 1 and injures 7

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.