Yusoff 1 Report post Posted August 4, 2009 This just came up, from AVherald: Accident: Bangkok Airways AT72 at Koh Samui on Aug 4th 2009, skidded off the runway By Simon Hradecky, created Tuesday, Aug 4th 2009 08:33Z, last updated Tuesday, Aug 4th 2009 08:33Z A Bangkok Airways Aerospatiale ATR-72-500, flight PG-266 from Krabi to Koh Samui (Thailand), skidded off the runway at Koh Samui and collided with an old unused control tower. 10 minor injuries are being reported, the airplane is said to have received substantial damage to the nose section. The airline believes, heavy rain at the time of the landing contributed to the accident. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Waiping 12 Report post Posted August 4, 2009 Heard it on the radio too on the way back from work. Apparently the pilot was killed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tamizi Hj Tamby 1 Report post Posted August 4, 2009 RIP for those who were killed in that incident. BTW,Didn't Koh Samui Airport already have a new terminal building? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zeqa 1 Report post Posted August 4, 2009 BANGKOK – A plane skidded off the runway and crashed into an air traffic control tower after landing on the Thai resort island of Samui on Tuesday, killing the chief pilot and injuring at least seven people including foreign tourists, officials said.The co-pilot and six tourists were injured after the Bangkok Airways flight landed in stormy weather and hit the airport's old tower, said Kanikka Kemawutanond, director-general of the Department of Civil Aviation. "The heavy damage was at the front of the plane where the pilot was. It looks like he suffered from the impact," police Maj. Col. Sayan Sartsri said. The co-pilot, who was stuck in the aircraft, was among the last to be evacuated from the stricken plane. Kannikka, who earlier reported that 34 persons had been injured, said that only seven were hospitalized while others just sustained bruises and shock. "(They) are resting at hotels before they are transferred to Bangkok," she said. Samui, located 298 miles (480 kilometers) south of Bangkok, is an island in the Gulf of Thailand popular with foreign tourists. Puttipong Prasartthong-Osoth, managing director of Bangkok Airways, said the foreign passengers included nationals of Italy, Spain, Switzerland, France, Germany and Great Britain. He said four passengers — two Britons, one Italian and one Swiss — suffered broken legs, while two other Britons suffered less severe injuries. The co-pilot also had leg injuries. Kanikka said the ATR72-500 twin-turboprop had 68 passengers, two pilots and two crew members on board and was flying from Krabi, another popular resort area in southern Thailand. "Initial reports indicated that the weather was bad with heavy rain and wind. We do not know what the pilot did or did not do that led to the incident at this point and I would rather not speculate," she said. Kanikka said the Samui airport runway was closed after the accident and at least one Thai Airways flight was canceled. In 1990, a Bangkok Airways turboprop crashed into a coconut grove short of the airport during heavy rain, killing all 37 people on board. The French-Italian manufactured ATR72 has been involved in a number of incidents in recent years. One in South Korea skidded off the runway while landing at the resort island of Jeju in 2006, injuring six people. Two years earlier, an ATR72 of Thai Airways had to make an emergency evacuation of passengers when its front landing gear collapsed during a landing in northern Thailand. A Cambodian airliner slipped off a runway and got stuck in the mud near the ancient temples of Angkor in 2001. And in 1994, a Chicago-bound American Eagle ATR-72 crashed in northern Indiana, killing all 68 people aboard. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090804/ap_on_re_as/as_thailand_plane_crash z Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cornelis Boersma 0 Report post Posted August 4, 2009 Sad news!! Anybody for the registration? Seen at the livery it should be or HS-PGC or HS-PGL. Seeing pictures is difficult to conclude which rego it is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fairul 0 Report post Posted August 4, 2009 (edited) my god!! i took the exact plane's photo at BKK just few hours before the incident yesterday.. took this while my plane taxying to BKK's MTB while HS-PGL taxying to the RWY Edited August 4, 2009 by Fairul Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aiman 0 Report post Posted August 4, 2009 Metars (the airport has not released any new Metars after the accident so far): VTSM 040700Z 29015KT 9000 FEW020TCU SCT120 BKN300 31/25 Q1007 A2974 TCU-NW VTSM 040600Z 29012KT 9999 FEW020 SCT120 32/25 Q1007 A2976 VTSM 040400Z 24004KT 9999 FEW020 SCT120 31/24 Q1008 A2979 VTSM 040300Z 27008KT 9999 FEW020 SCT120 SCT300 31/24 Q1008 A2979 VTSM 040200Z 27010KT 9999 FEW020 SCT120 30/24 Q1008 A2979 Accident site (Photo: AP): HS-PGL at the control tower (Photo: APA/EPA/Sitthipoing Chareonjai): Works to free the co-pilot (Photo: APA/EPA/Sitthipoing Chareonjai): Map (Courtesy Google Earth): Weather Satellite Infrared Image Aug 3rd 06:00Z (Photo: MTSAT): source: http://avherald.com/h?article=41db9796 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tamizi Hj Tamby 1 Report post Posted August 5, 2009 (edited) Fairul, You snapped the photo of the ill-fated ATR before it crashes at Samui ? Edited August 5, 2009 by Tamizi Hj Tamby Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gavin Andrew David 6 Report post Posted August 5, 2009 Weather would've been rough .... But as usual , can't wait to put the bird down Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yusoff 1 Report post Posted August 5, 2009 my god!! i took the exact plane's photo at BKK just few hours before the incident yesterday.. took this while my plane taxying to BKK's MTB while HS-PGL taxying to the RWY Tunggu lagi?... A.net la bro.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joseph Foong 0 Report post Posted August 5, 2009 ATR 72 again...luckily all passangers on board is survive, except the pilot... as i know bangkok airways has a good safety records izt? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Denny Yen 0 Report post Posted August 5, 2009 This is the Herpa ATR-72 (1/500, 1/200) with same rego...now the a/c is a hull loss, it becomes a rate item and price will jump. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites