Plane Crash

[earlofwindermere]

This was just posted on Yahoo News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070916/ap_on_re_as/thailand_plane_crash)

BANGKOK, Thailand - An airplane crashed and broke in two as it attempted to land at the Phuket airport in southern Thailand on Sunday, Chaisak Angsuwan, director general of the Air Transport Authority of Thailand, told a local television station.

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He said it was unclear if passengers were killed or injured. It wasn't immediately known how many passengers were on board.

Angsuwan told TITV that there was heavy rain when flight OG269 of Orient Thai Airways traveling from Bangkok to Phuket attempted to make a landing.

"The visibility was poor as the pilot attempted to land. He decided to make a go-around but the plane lost balance and crashed. It was torn into two parts," he said

[george]

Breaking News:

Budget Airline Plane crashes into hill at Phuket International Airport

Full story, video:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=142793

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