Bangkok Airways Flight 266

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 other people were injured.

Bangkok Airways Flight 266
HS-PGL, photographed five months at Suvarnabhumi Airport before the accident
Runway Overrun
Date4 August 2009
SummaryRunway overrun
Aircraft
Aircraft typeATR 72-212A
Aircraft namePha Ngan
OperatorBangkok Airways
RegistrationHS-PGL
Flight originKrabi Airport, Thailand
DestinationSamui Airport, Thailand
Passengers68
Crew4
Fatalities1
Injuries41
Survivors71

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.

Accident
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).[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, direction 290° visibility 9 km, few clouds at 2,000 ft, scattered clouds at 12,000 ft, broken clouds at 30,000 ft, temperature 31 °C, dewpoint 25 °C, altimeter 1007 millibars or 29.74 inches, 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

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

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