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Tourist plane missing in Cambodia | Tourist plane missing in Cambodia |
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A plane travelling between tourist destinations in Cambodia has gone missing and is thought to have crashed, aviation officials in the country say. | |
At least 20 people were believed to be on board, including 13 South Koreans, three Czechs and the Cambodian crew. | At least 20 people were believed to be on board, including 13 South Koreans, three Czechs and the Cambodian crew. |
The plane was travelling between Siem Reap, home to the famous Angkor temple complex, and the coastal resort of Sihanoukville, officials said. | The plane was travelling between Siem Reap, home to the famous Angkor temple complex, and the coastal resort of Sihanoukville, officials said. |
A search is under way to locate the missing PMT Air flight. | |
The plane disappeared from radar screens at around 1040 local time (0340GMT) - half an hour from its scheduled landing at Sihanoukville's recently re-opened airport. | |
Aviation officials said they believed the Russian-made AN-24 twin-propeller plane had come down in the hills of Kampot province, in Cambodia's south-west. | |
"We do not know the fate of the lost jet, but the authorities have sent helicopter search teams," Bun Ratha of Siem Reap International airport told Reuters news agency. | "We do not know the fate of the lost jet, but the authorities have sent helicopter search teams," Bun Ratha of Siem Reap International airport told Reuters news agency. |
PMT Air has been operating flights between Siem Reap and Sihanoukville since January this year, the BBC's Guy De Launey in Phnom Penh says. | |
Tourist officials had hoped the service would encourage people visiting the Angkor temples to travel to the coastal town as well, he adds. | |
A PMT Air flight crashed on the runway in Ratanakiri province two years ago, but without serious injuries. |
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