Thai Flying Service Flight 209

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2024 aviation accident in Thailand

Thai Flying Service Flight 209
Accident
HS-SKR, the aircraft involved in the accident
Date	22 August 2024 (2024-08-22)
Summary	Crashed shortly after takeoff, under investigation
Site	near Wat Khao Din temple [th], Bang Pakong district, Chachoengsao province, Thailand
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Operator	Thai Flying Service on behalf of Soneva Kiri
ICAO flight No.	TFT209
Call sign	THAI FLYING 209
Registration	HS-SKR
Flight origin	Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok, Thailand
Destination	Soneva Kiri private airstrip, Ko Mai Si, Ko Kut district, Trat province, Thailand
Occupants	9
Passengers	7
Crew	2
Fatalities	9
Survivors	0

Thai Flying Service Flight 209 was a domestic Thai passenger charter flight operated by Thai Flying Service on behalf of Soneva Kiri from Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport to the hotel's private airstrip on Ko Mai Si in Ko Kut district, Trat province. On 22 August 2024, the Cessna 208B Grand Caravan serving the flight, with nine occupants on board, crashed shortly after taking off from Bangkok, killing all aboard.

Background

Aircraft

The aircraft involved, manufactured in 2007, was a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan registered as HS-SKR with serial number 208B1241.

Passengers and crew

The flight had a crew of two Thai pilots and carried seven passengers: two Thai resort employees and five Chinese nationals. Among them were two children.

Accident

The plane was meant to fly from Bangkok to Ko Mai Si, the site of a private airstrip serving the Soneva Kiri luxury resort on the nearby island of Ko Kut. The aircraft took off at 14:46 local time, and the contact with it was lost at about 14:57 when the aircraft was about 35 kilometers southeast of Suvarnabhumi airport. The plane crashed in a mangrove swamp near the Wat Khao Din temple [th] in Bang Pakong district of Chachoengsao province, disintegrating on impact and killing all nine on board. Local residents reported to have seen the plane diving to the ground, and then exploding in a loud bang on impact throwing fragments in a radius of at least 20 meters. Most of the bodies were dismembered, and at least 23 body parts had been recovered from the crash site. The weather at the time of the flight was described as clear.

Recovery

More than 300 military personnel and volunteers were deployed in the search for the aircraft, which was hampered by heavy rains. Water and mud at the site, which measured 10 meters deep and eight meters wide, were drained and removed using pumps and backhoes. Recovery operations finished on 23 August.

References

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^ "Small passenger plane crashes on flight to eastern Thailand. All 9 aboard are believed dead". Associated Press. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
^ "Chachoengsao plane crash: All 9 aboard feared dead". Bangkok Post. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
^ "Plane carrying 9 people crashes in forest near Thailand's capital". CNN. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
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"สรุปไทม์ไลน์ 'เครื่องบินเล็กตก' อ.บางปะกง จ.ฉะเชิงเทรา" [Summary of the timeline of the 'small plane crash' in Bang Pakong District, Chachoengsao Province]. springnews (in Thai). 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
"เครื่องบินตกบางปะกงไม่มีกล่องดำ พบชิ้นส่วนมนุษย์แล้ว 23 ชิ้น" [Bang Pakong plane crash has no black box, 23 human remains found]. Thai PBS (in Thai). 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
"Searchers dig in muddy swamp near Bangkok where plane carrying 5 Chinese tourists, 4 Thais crashed". Associated Press. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
"Police to identify all plane crash victims by Monday". Bangkok Post. 25 August 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2024.

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