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{{Infobox Aircraft accident
{{Infobox aircraft occurrence
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| occurrence_type = [[Runway excursion]]
|name = Bangkok Airways Flight 266
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| image = Bangkok Air ATR 72-500 Prasertwit-2.jpg
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|occurrence_type = Runway Overrun
| image_upright = 1.16
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|image = File:Bangkok Air ATR 72-500 Prasertwit-2.jpg
|image_size = 250px
| alt =
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| caption = HS-PGL, photographed at [[Suvarnabhumi Airport]] five months before the accident
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| date = {{Start date|2009|08|04|df=y}}
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|caption = HS-PGL, photographed five months before the accident
| type = [[Runway excursion]] on landing<!-- No causes in the summary, only circumstances; leave the causes for the article body per project consensus -->
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|date = 4 August 2009
|type = Runway overrun
| site = [[Samui Airport]], Thailand
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| coordinates = {{coord|09|32|52|N|100|03|44|E|source:cawiki_region:TH_type:airport|display=inline,title}}
|site =
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| aircraft_type = [[ATR 72|ATR 72-500]]
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|coordinates =
| aircraft_name = ''Pha Ngan''
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|aircraft_type = [[ATR 72|ATR 72-212A]]
|aircraft_name = ''Pha Ngan''
| operator = [[Bangkok Airways]]
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| tail_number = HS-PGL
|operator = [[Bangkok Airways]]
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| origin = [[Krabi International Airport|Krabi Airport]], Thailand
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|tail_number = HS-PGL
|origin = [[Krabi Airport]], Thailand
| destination = [[Samui Airport]], Thailand
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| passengers = 68
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|destination = [[Samui Airport]], Thailand
|passengers = 68
| crew = 4
|crew = 4
| injuries = 41
|injuries = 41
| fatalities = 1
|fatalities = 1 (pilot)
| survivors = 71
|survivors = 71
}}
}}


'''Bangkok Airways Flight 266''' was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from [[Krabi Airport]] to [[Samui Airport]], [[Thailand]]. On 4 August 2009, the aircraft overran the runway on landing and crashed into an old and unmanned control tower. 1 pilot died and 41 others were injured.
'''Bangkok Airways Flight 266''' was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from [[Krabi International Airport|Krabi Airport]] to [[Samui Airport]], [[Thailand]]. On 4 August 2009, the aircraft skidded off the runway on landing and crashed into an old and unmanned control tower. One pilot died and 41 other people were injured.

==Accident==

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[[File:Where it sits atr72.jpg|thumb|The ATR 72's destroyed fuselage seen in August 2013]]
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The aircraft is reported to have skidded off the runway and hit an old and unmanned control tower that was used as a fire-fighting station. The accident happened at around 14:15 local time (07:15 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]).<ref name=BBC8182962>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8182962.stm |title=Pilot killed in Thai plane crash |publisher=BBC News |accessdate=4 August 2009 | date=4 August 2009| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090804101641/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8182962.stm| archivedate= 4 August 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> One pilot was reported to have been killed. The co-pilot, who was stuck in the aircraft for more than two hours, was among the last evacuated from the stricken plane. Serious injuries included four passengers – two British, one Italian and one Swiss suffered broken legs, while two other British suffered less severe injuries. The co-pilot also had leg injuries.
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A total of 41 people were injured.<ref name=Post>{{cite web|url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/151089/bangkok-airways-plane-crashes-on-samui |title=Fatal Bangkok Airways crash on Samui |work=Bangkok Post |accessdate=4 August 2009}}</ref> The [[METAR]] in force at the time of the accident was METAR VTSM 040700Z 29015KT 9000 FEW020TCU SCT120 BKN300 31/25 Q1007 A2974 TCU-NW.<ref name=Oldmetar>{{cite web|url=http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/VTSM/2009/8/4/DailyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA&theprefset=SHOWMETAR&theprefvalue=1 |title=History for Sumui, Thailand |publisher=Wunderground |accessdate=4 August 2009}}</ref> This translates as METAR for Samui Airport, issued on the 4th of the month at 07:00 UTC, wind at {{convert|15|kn|km/h mph}}, direction 290° visibility {{convert|9|km|mi nmi}}, few clouds at {{convert|2,000|ft|m}}, scattered clouds at {{convert|12,000|ft|m}}, broken clouds at {{convert|30,000|ft|m}}, temperature {{convert|31|C|F}}, dewpoint {{convert|25|C|F}}, altimeter 1007 milibar, towering cumulonimbus to north west.<ref name=Metar>{{cite web|url=http://www.wunderground.com/metarFAQ.asp |title=METAR tutorial|publisher=Wunderground |accessdate=4 August 2009}}</ref>


==Aircraft==
==Aircraft==


The aircraft involved was an [[ATR 72|ATR 72-212A]], registration HS-PGL,<ref name=Flightglobal>{{cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/08/04/330551/fatalities-reported-as-bangkok-airways-atr-72-500-skids-off-runway.html |title=Fatalities reported as Bangkok Airways ATR 72–500 skids off runway |publisher=Flightglobal |accessdate=4 August 2009}}</ref> msn 670. The aircraft made its first flight on 6 June 2001 with French registration F-WWER. It entered service with Bangkok Airways on 16 July 2001 re-registered HS-PGL. On 29 May 2006, it entered service with [[Siem Reap Airways International]], returning to Bangkok Airways on 7 January 2009 after Siem Reap Airways International ceased trading. The aircraft was named ''Pha Ngan'',<ref name=HSPGL>{{cite web|url=http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-atr-670.htm |title=ATR 42/72 – MSN 670 |publisher=Airfleets |accessdate=4 August 2009}}</ref> and has been in service for approx. 20,000 hrs.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}
The aircraft involved was an [[ATR 72-500]], [[Aircraft registration|registered]] as HS-PGL,<ref name=Flightglobal>{{cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/08/04/330551/fatalities-reported-as-bangkok-airways-atr-72-500-skids-off-runway.html |title=Fatalities reported as Bangkok Airways ATR 72–500 skids off runway |publisher=Flightglobal |accessdate=4 August 2009}}</ref> [[Serial number|msn]] 670. The aircraft [[Maiden flight|first flew]] on 6 June 2001 with French registration F-WWER. It entered service with Bangkok Airways on 16 July 2001 re-registered HS-PGL. On 29 May 2006, it entered service with [[Siem Reap Airways International]], returning to Bangkok Airways on 7 January 2009 after Siem Reap Airways International ceased trading. The aircraft was named ''Pha Ngan'',<ref name=HSPGL>{{cite web|url=http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-atr-670.htm |title=ATR 42/72 – MSN 670 |publisher=Airfleets |accessdate=4 August 2009}}</ref> and has been in service for approx. 20,000 hrs.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}


==Accident==
==Aftermath==
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[[File:Where it sits atr72.jpg|thumb|Bangkok Airways 266 ATR72 fuselage seen in August 2013]]
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The aircraft is reported to have skidded off the runway and hit an old and unmanned control tower that was used as a fire-fighting station. The accident happened at around 14:15 local time (07:15 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]).<ref name=BBC8182962>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8182962.stm |title=Pilot killed in Thai plane crash |publisher=BBC News |accessdate=4 August 2009 | date=4 August 2009| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090804101641/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8182962.stm| archivedate= 4 August 2009 | deadurl= no}}</ref> One pilot was reported to have been killed. The co-pilot, who was stuck in the aircraft for more than two hours, was among the last evacuated from the stricken plane. Serious injuries included four passengers – two British, one Italian and one Swiss suffered broken legs, while two other British suffered less severe injuries. The co-pilot also had leg injuries.
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A total of 41 people were injured.<ref name=Post>{{cite web|url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/151089/bangkok-airways-plane-crashes-on-samui |title=Fatal Bangkok Airways crash on Samui |work=Bangkok Post |accessdate=4 August 2009}}</ref> The [[METAR]] in force at the time of the accident was METAR VTSM 040700Z 29015KT 9000 FEW020TCU SCT120 BKN300 31/25 Q1007 A2974 TCU-NW.<ref name=Oldmetar>{{cite web|url=http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/VTSM/2009/8/4/DailyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA&theprefset=SHOWMETAR&theprefvalue=1 |title=History for Sumui, Thailand |publisher=Wunderground |accessdate=4 August 2009}}</ref> This translates as METAR for Samui Airport, issued on the 4th of the month at 07:00 UTC, wind at 15 knots, direction 290° visibility 9&nbsp;km, few clouds at 2,000&nbsp;ft, scattered clouds at 12,000&nbsp;ft, broken clouds at 30,000&nbsp;ft, temperature 31&nbsp;°C, dewpoint 25&nbsp;°C, altimeter 1007 millibars or 29.74&nbsp;inches, towering cumulonimbus to north west.<ref name=Metar>{{cite web|url=http://www.wunderground.com/metarFAQ.asp |title=METAR tutorial|publisher=Wunderground |accessdate=4 August 2009}}</ref>


The fuselage of the aircraft spent a few years on roadsides in different parts of Samui before being sunk in October 2013 as part of Majcha Air Samui Artificial Reef Project.
The fuselage of the aircraft spent a few years on roadsides in different parts of Samui before being sunk in October 2013 as part of Majcha Air Samui Artificial Reef Project.


==See also==
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*[[Air France Flight 358]] – another aircraft that had overrun a runway in [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]], Canada four years earlier.
==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==

{{external media | align = right
| image1 = [http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=HS-PGL&distinct_entry=true airliners.net's Photo gallery]
| image2 = [http://www.myaviation.net/search/search.php?view=&regnr=HS-PGL myaviation.net's Photo gallery]
| image3 = [http://www.planespotters.net/Aviation_Photos/photo.show?id=059626 Rolling on runway] | image4 = [http://img.skitch.com/20090804-dp7uiy4gkrtr5khcdye3jmmcuf.jpg Photo of the accident]}}
*{{ASN accident|id=20090804-0}}
*{{ASN accident|id=20090804-0}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090807074646/http://www.bangkokair.com/announcement/accident-usm.php Accident in Samui on Tuesday 4 August 2009 Press Release] – ''[[Bangkok Airways]]''
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090807074646/http://www.bangkokair.com/announcement/accident-usm.php Accident in Samui on Tuesday 4 August 2009 Press Release] – ''[[Bangkok Airways]]''


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Latest revision as of 00:56, 29 November 2024

Bangkok Airways Flight 266
HS-PGL, photographed at Suvarnabhumi Airport five months before the accident
Runway excursion
Date4 August 2009 (2009-08-04)
SummaryRunway excursion on landing
SiteSamui Airport, Thailand
09°32′52″N 100°03′44″E / 9.54778°N 100.06222°E / 9.54778; 100.06222
Aircraft
Aircraft typeATR 72-500
Aircraft namePha Ngan
OperatorBangkok Airways
RegistrationHS-PGL
Flight originKrabi Airport, Thailand
DestinationSamui Airport, Thailand
Passengers68
Crew4
Fatalities1
Injuries41
Survivors71

Bangkok Airways Flight 266 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Krabi Airport to Samui Airport, Thailand. On 4 August 2009, the aircraft skidded off the runway on landing and crashed into an old and unmanned control tower. One pilot died and 41 other people were injured.

Accident

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The ATR 72's destroyed fuselage seen in August 2013

The aircraft is reported to have skidded off the runway and hit an old and unmanned control tower that was used as a fire-fighting station. The accident happened at around 14:15 local time (07:15 UTC).[1] One pilot was reported to have been killed. The co-pilot, who was stuck in the aircraft for more than two hours, was among the last evacuated from the stricken plane. Serious injuries included four passengers – two British, one Italian and one Swiss suffered broken legs, while two other British suffered less severe injuries. The co-pilot also had leg injuries. A total of 41 people were injured.[2] The METAR in force at the time of the accident was METAR VTSM 040700Z 29015KT 9000 FEW020TCU SCT120 BKN300 31/25 Q1007 A2974 TCU-NW.[3] This translates as METAR for Samui Airport, issued on the 4th of the month at 07:00 UTC, wind at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph), direction 290° visibility 9 kilometres (5.6 mi; 4.9 nmi), few clouds at 2,000 feet (610 m), scattered clouds at 12,000 feet (3,700 m), broken clouds at 30,000 feet (9,100 m), temperature 31 °C (88 °F), dewpoint 25 °C (77 °F), altimeter 1007 milibar, towering cumulonimbus to north west.[4]

Aircraft

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The aircraft involved was an ATR 72-500, registered as HS-PGL,[5] msn 670. The aircraft first flew on 6 June 2001 with French registration F-WWER. It entered service with Bangkok Airways on 16 July 2001 re-registered HS-PGL. On 29 May 2006, it entered service with Siem Reap Airways International, returning to Bangkok Airways on 7 January 2009 after Siem Reap Airways International ceased trading. The aircraft was named Pha Ngan,[6] and has been in service for approx. 20,000 hrs.[citation needed]

Aftermath

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The fuselage of the aircraft spent a few years on roadsides in different parts of Samui before being sunk in October 2013 as part of Majcha Air Samui Artificial Reef Project.

References

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  1. ^ "Pilot killed in Thai plane crash". BBC News. 4 August 2009. Archived from the original on 4 August 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
  2. ^ "Fatal Bangkok Airways crash on Samui". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
  3. ^ "History for Sumui, Thailand". Wunderground. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
  4. ^ "METAR tutorial". Wunderground. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
  5. ^ "Fatalities reported as Bangkok Airways ATR 72–500 skids off runway". Flightglobal. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
  6. ^ "ATR 42/72 – MSN 670". Airfleets. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
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