The flight had a crew of two Thai pilots and carried seven passengers: two Thai resort employees and five Chinese nationals.[6] Among them were two children.[7]
Accident
The wreckage in a forest of Bang Pakong
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[4] near the Wat Khao Din temple [th][5] in Bang Pakong district of Chachoengsao province,[6] disintegrating on impact and killing all nine on board.[8] 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.[9] Most of the bodies were dismembered, and at least 23 body parts had been recovered from the crash site.[10] The weather at the time of the flight was described as clear.[11]
Recovery
More than 300 military personnel and volunteers were deployed in the search for the aircraft, which was hampered by heavy rains.[7] Water and mud at the site, which measured 10 meters deep and eight meters wide, were drained and removed using pumps and backhoes.[5] Recovery operations finished on 23 August.[12]
^ ab"Katastrofa Grand Caravana w Tajlandii" [Grand Caravan disaster in Thailand]. Altair Agencja Lotnicza (in Polish). 22 August 2024. Archived from the original on 25 August 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
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