A private plane crashed in Thailand today, killing five passengers, two pilots and two flight attendants, including five Chinese, two of whom were children, foreign media reported. The Associated Press quoted a local spokesman as saying the five passengers were Chinese from Hong Kong and the rest of the crew were Thai.
It was reported that the private plane took off from Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport at 2:46 pm local time today, flying code TFT209 to the southwest coastal areas, and lost signal at 2:57 pm, about 3:30 pm in a mangrove fire explosion, some local residents heard the explosion sound after the alarm. Photos at the scene showed that the wreckage of the plane, clothing and other fall in the forest in the swamp area.
Currently, the flight radar information on the Internet has captured some flight data of the aircraft concerned. The data shows that the aircraft only flew about 25 kilometers east from the airport before there was no signal from the aircraft concerned.
At present, the flight radar information on the Internet has captured some flight data of the aircraft involved. Before there was no signal, the aircraft only flew about 25 kilometers east from the airport.
The aircraft, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan with registration number HS-SKR, was originally registered with Siam General Aviation and was later used by Thai Flying Service Co Ltd for charter flights.
The names of the five Chinese passengers reported as follows:
Chang Jing Jing, 12
Chang Jing, 43
Tang Yu, 42
Yin Jin Fang, 45
Hang Yin (Yin Han, 13)
The plane’s appearance last December.