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'''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 |
'''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. |
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Revision as of 03:51, 3 April 2023
 HS-PGL, photographed at Suvarnabhumi Airport five months before the accident | |
| Runway Excursion (Veer off) | |
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| Date | 4 August 2009 |
| Summary | Runway overrun |
| Site | Samui Airport, Thailand 09°32′52″N 100°03′44″E / 9.54778°N 100.06222°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | ATR 72-212A |
| Aircraft name | Pha Ngan |
| Operator | Bangkok Airways |
| Registration | HS-PGL |
| Flight origin | Krabi Airport, Thailand |
| Destination | Samui Airport, Thailand |
| Passengers | 68 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 1 (Captain) |
| Injuries | 41 |
| 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 skidded off the runway on landing and crashed into an old and unmanned control tower. One pilot died and 41 other people were injured.
Aircraft
The aircraft involved was an ATR 72-212A, registration HS-PGL,[1] 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,[2] and has been in service for approx. 20,000 hrs.[citation needed]
Accident
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).[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]
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
- Air France Flight 358 – an Airbus A340-300 that had overrun a runway at Toronto Pearson International Airport four years earlier.
References
- ^ "Fatalities reported as Bangkok Airways ATR 72–500 skids off runway". Flightglobal. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
- ^ "ATR 42/72 – MSN 670". Airfleets. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
- ^ "Pilot killed in Thai plane crash". BBC News. 4 August 2009. Archived from the original on 4 August 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
- ^ "Fatal Bangkok Airways crash on Samui". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
- ^ "History for Sumui, Thailand". Wunderground. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
- ^ "METAR tutorial". Wunderground. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
External links
| External images | |
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 airliners.net's Photo gallery | |
| myaviation.net's Photo gallery | |
| Rolling on runway | |
| Photo of the accident |
