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Several wounded in Thai jet crash 'One dead' in Thailand jet crash
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Several passengers have been injured after a Thai domestic airliner skidded off the runway and hit a control tower on a popular tourist island. At least one person has been killed and several injured when a Thai passenger plane skidded off the runway on a popular tourist island, reports say.
The Bangkok Airways flight with about 70 people on board crashed during landing on Koh Samui, reports said. The Bangkok Airways flight carrying 70 people crashed while landing on Koh Samui amid reports of heavy rain.
A company official told reporters that all passengers were evacuated, but said an unspecified number were wounded. The pilot of the plane was said to have been killed, as the plane hit an unmanned control tower after skidding.
The plane was arriving from the western Thai town of Krabi, which is also a popular tourist destination. The plane had taken off from the southern Thai town of Krabi, another resort popular with tourists.
Map of plane's route Map of plane's route
"The plane just pinched the control tower but there was no fire," Sakchai Jorpalit, district chief of the Thai tourist island, told the French news agency AFP."The plane just pinched the control tower but there was no fire," Sakchai Jorpalit, district chief of the Thai tourist island, told the French news agency AFP.
He said most of the wounded were tourists, adding that some were hospitalised with non-life threatening injuries. He said most of the wounded were tourists, adding that some were hospitalised with non life-threatening injuries.
An airport official told the Associated Press that it was raining heavily when the plane landed around 1400 local time (0800 GMT). Local reports said some of the injured suffered broken legs.
The crash happened at around 1400 local time (0800 GMT).
The resort island of Koh Samui lies some 300 miles (480km) south of Bangkok.The resort island of Koh Samui lies some 300 miles (480km) south of Bangkok.
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