5 Dead, One Injured After Small Plane Crashes Into Sea Near Thailand Airport
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The DHC-6-400 Twin Otter aircraft was taking off from the airport to take several parachutists for practice. The cause of the crash is yet to be established.
A small plane, believed to be a police aircraft, crashed into the sea near Thailand's Hua Hin airport on Friday. At least five people have been killed and one was injured, according to media reports.
The DHC-6-400 Twin Otter aircraft was taking off from the airport to take several parachutists for practice. Thailand's 191 Emergency Centre reported the accident at 8:15 am, stating that the plane, which had five passengers, went down in the Gulf of Thailand off Baby Grande Hua Hin Hotel in Cha-am district of Phetchaburi province.
Responding swiftly, officers from the Cha-am Police Station and the Huai Sai Tai 01 patrol unit confirmed the downing of a small aircraft, according to Bangkok Post. The cause of the crash has not been established so far.
The plane crashed near the Cha-am Resort, located near the airport in Hua Hin district of Prachap Khiri Khan province and about eight kilometres from Hua Hin town.
Thailand is no stranger when it comes to fatal plane crashes. In August last year, a plane operated by Thai Flying Service crashed into a mangrove swamp shortly after departing from an airport in Bangkok. All nine people, including five Chinese nationals, were killed in the crash.
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