Here’s more info on Sunday’s plane crash in Phuket. 89 of 130 people on board were killed, many of them foreign tourists.
AFP: “Thai crash officials probe system problem, foul weather”
AP: “Authorities struggle to identify more than 30 victims of the Thai plane crash”
And a Wikipedia page has been created; it contains the basic facts:
One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 was a scheduled flight from Bangkok’s Don Mueang International Airport to Phuket International Airport in the Thai resort island of Phuket. On September 16, 2007, amid heavy rains and strong crosswinds at Phuket International Airport, the aircraft in service for this flight touched down hard on the runway and skidded into a wooded embankment. The aircraft broke into two, caught fire almost immediately and was completely destroyed, causing 89 deaths.[1] Phuket International Airport was re-opened in the afternoon of September 17, 2007.[2]
The crash of Flight 269 is Thailand’s deadliest aviation accident since Thai Airways Flight 261 crashed into a rice paddy in 1998
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Ha ha, glad you’re enjoying the comments feature, Matt. I’d disabled comments a while back due to spam, but I reopened them a few weeks ago!
You have comments open! Holy cow, when did this happen? There have been so many time when I’ve wanted to say something but haven’t been able to and ended up just talking to myself. This is great news!