(17 Sep 2007)
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Phuket - 16/17 Sept 2007
1. Wide of the scene of the plane crash
2. Various of debris from the plane crash
3. Wide of the crash site
4. Wreckage
5. List of passengers on board the flight released by the One-Two-Go airline, on a notice board at the Bangkok Phuket hospital
STORYLINE
Authorities searched the remains of a plane that crashed and killed 90 people, mostly foreigners, on Thailand's resort island of Phuket, finding flight data recorders but saying on September 17th it was too early to tell what caused the crash.
The budget One-Two-Go Airlines flight was carrying 123 passengers and seven crew from Bangkok to Phuket when it skidded off a runway on September 16th when landing in driving wind and rain, catching fire and engulfing some passengers in flames as others kicked out windows to escape.
Forty people were injured in the accident, Thailand's worst air crash in a decade, and investigators were searching for at least five more bodies.
A One-Two-Go list of dead passengers obtained by the Associated Press included 54 foreigners and 36 Thais.
Among them are victims from the United States, France, Israel, Sweden, Iran, Australia and United Kingdom.
The Indonesian pilot and Thai co-pilot were also killed in the crash.
Dalad Tantiprasongchai, daughter of the chairman of Orient-Thai Airlines, which owns One-Two-Go, said the airliner would be providing 100,000 baht (3,125 US dollars) initially to families of the dead for the funeral and other costs.
The plane rammed through a low retaining wall and split in two after it crashed.
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