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Investigators probing a plane crash at a Thai tourist resort say they have found the aircraft's flight recorders.Investigators probing a plane crash at a Thai tourist resort say they have found the aircraft's flight recorders.
Eighty-eight people have been confirmed killed after a plane operated by a Thai budget airline crashed in poor weather on the southern island of Phuket. At least 88 people were killed when the aircraft, operated by a Thai budget airline, skidded off a runway in heavy rain on the southern island of Phuket.
The aircraft skidded off the runway after landing in heavy rain and exploded into flames. Survivors described how the plane smashed through a wall and broke up, before bursting into flames.
Some 123 passengers, mostly foreigners, - and seven crew were on board. About 40 people escaped the burning wreckage. Some 123 passengers, mostly foreigners, and seven crew were on board. About 40 people escaped the burning wreckage.
They were taken to hospital for treatment.They were taken to hospital for treatment.
Analysis
Flight OG 269, operated by airline One-Two-Go, had flown to Phuket from the Thai capital, Bangkok.Flight OG 269, operated by airline One-Two-Go, had flown to Phuket from the Thai capital, Bangkok.
More than 80 bodies have been recovered and are now lying in a makeshift morgue at Phuket airport.
I saw passengers engulfed in fire as I stepped over them on the way out of the plane Survivor Survivors flee burning plane High price for cheap flights?I saw passengers engulfed in fire as I stepped over them on the way out of the plane Survivor Survivors flee burning plane High price for cheap flights?
A French tourist aboard a plane behind the one that crashed told AFP news agency she saw the accident happen. Both of the plane's pilots are believed to have perished in the accident, and officials said 55 foreigners were among the dead.
"When the plane landed it caught fire," she said. "We could see the fire coming out of it." Transport Minister Theera Haocharoen said it was too early to say what the causes might have been.
Survivors crawled out of the wreckage through thick smoke, many of them badly burned. "The officials have found the black boxes [flight recorders] and will send them for analysis to the United States," she said.
Passenger Parinwit Chusaeng told Thai TV: "I saw passengers engulfed in fire as I stepped over them on the way out of the plane. "Hopefully, we will learn in a few weeks the cause of accident."
"I was afraid that the airplane was going to explode, so I ran away." More than 80 bodies have been recovered and are now lying in a makeshift morgue at Phuket airport.
Aborted landing? Rescue teams continued sifting through the charred debris on Monday morning, trying to recover the last few bodies.
Phuket Deputy Governor Worapot Ratthaseema said 42 people had been taken to hospital. Five are said to be in critical condition.
Those injured included nationals from Australia, Britain, France, Iran, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, and Sweden.
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At least 70 of the passengers were foreigners, officials said. Hospital officials said five of the survivors remained in a critical condition, with burns over 60% of their bodies.
Both the pilot and co-pilot of the McDonnell Douglas MD-82 are among those who escaped. Parinyawich Chusaeng, a local artist who survived the crash, said he saw people on fire as he escaped the wreckage.
"The people all around me were burning. Some on the floor and some standing, and they were on fire."
Grim task
Those injured included nationals from Australia, Britain, France, Iran, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, and Sweden.
But foreign officials say the task of identifying the dead is made more difficult because the flight manifest listed names but not nationalities of the passengers, and many of the bodies were badly burned.
Survivors say the pilot circled the area hoping for the weather to clear before making his final disastrous approach.Survivors say the pilot circled the area hoping for the weather to clear before making his final disastrous approach.
The flight was approaching the airport when the pilot asked to abort the landing, an aviation official told Thai television. The McDonnell Douglas MD-82 aircraft was approaching the airport when the pilot asked to abort the landing, an aviation official told Thai television.
"The control tower allowed it but the aircraft fell to the runway and the body broke," he said."The control tower allowed it but the aircraft fell to the runway and the body broke," he said.
One-Two-Go is one of Thailand's first budget airlines.One-Two-Go is one of Thailand's first budget airlines.
It was set up in December 2003 as a subsidiary of Orient Thai Airways, and services domestic routes. It was set up in December 2003 as a subsidiary of Orient Thai Airways, and flies domestic routes.
This is Thailand's deadliest aviation accident since December 1998, when 101 people were killed after a Thai Airways crashed on landing near another southern resort.This is Thailand's deadliest aviation accident since December 1998, when 101 people were killed after a Thai Airways crashed on landing near another southern resort.
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