Bangkok Airways Flight 266

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Bangkok Airways Flight 266
Bangkok Airways ATR 72 (HS-PGG) at Luang Prabang International Airport.jpg

Identical aircraft of Bangkok Airways
Accident summary
Accident type Collision with tower in heavy rain
place Koh Samui Airport
date 4th August 2009
Fatalities 1
Survivors 71
Injured 41
Aircraft
Aircraft type ATR-72-212A
operator Bangkok Airways
Mark HS-PGL
Surname PG 266
Departure airport Krabi airport
Destination airport Koh Samui Airport
Passengers 68
crew 4th
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Bangkok Airway Flight 266 ( PG 266 for short ) was a scheduled Thai domestic flight operated by Bangkok Airways , which when landing on August 4, 2009 at around 2:10 p.m. local time, deviated from the runway and hit a control tower .

course

On landing at Ko Samui airport during heavy rainfall , the pilots lost control of the ATR-72-212A and hit a disused control tower from the side of the runway. Due to the force of the impact, the flight captain, who had worked for Bangkok Airways for 19 years and had 14 years of experience with the type of aircraft involved, was killed and the aircraft was destroyed. All other people on board survived, with 41 people injured. Five of them as well as the copilot who was trapped for two hours had to be treated in the hospital.

Data and trivia

  • Among the passengers were Italians, British, Spanish, Swiss, Israelis and four Germans.
  • The aircraft was only built in 2001. It has the registration HS-PGL and was powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127F engines.
  • Because of the accident, the two flights "TG 287" and "TG 288" of Thai Airways had to be canceled, which affected more than 200 passengers.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Bangkok Post : Bangkok Airways crashes on Kho Samui, pilot killed. Report on the accident, August 4, 2009, accessed December 9, 2009 .

Coordinates: 9 ° 32 '57 "  N , 100 ° 3' 41"  E