Wreckage site where nine people feared dead in the Thai plane crashed in Chachoengsao province, Thailand, August 23, 2024. Photo: Reuters
Thailand rescuers used hoes on Friday to search muddy, forested terrain for debris and the remains of nine people aboard a charter flight that crashed the day before, authorities said, with all the travellers presumed dead.
Five tourists from China and four Thais, including the two pilots, were on the Cessna Caravan C208B aircraft that went down 100 km (62 miles) southeast of Bangkok, 11 minutes after losing contact with ground control following take-off.
All aboard the charter plane are presumed dead, said Chonlatee Yongtrong, the governor of the Chachoengsao province, the site of the crash, as authorities scramble to investigate the cause.
"We found many human remains," the governor told reporters late on Thursday, adding that the muddy terrain complicated the task of searchers.
"The plane dropped vertically, so we have to dig 10 m (33 ft) into the ground."
Photographs of the site show aircraft debris scattered over a forested, boggy area, while rescue workers dig with hoes and use a pump to extract water from some areas, while police forensic units seek to recover and reassemble the bodies.
The plane, operating flight TFT209 headed for the eastern province of Trat, had taken off from the Suvarnabhumi airport in the capital on Thursday afternoon.
Registered to Thai Flying Service Co Ltd, according to the aviation regulator, the craft lost contact with ground control in Bangkok 11 minutes after take-off, provincial officials said.
泰國空難中包括五名中國遊客在內的所有人恐全部罹難
泰國當局稱，週五，泰國救援人員使用鋤頭在泥濘的森林地帶搜尋殘骸，以及前一天墜毀的一架包機上九名乘客的遺骸，所有乘客均被推定死亡。
塞斯納大篷車 C208B 飛機上有五名中國遊客和四名泰國人，包括兩名飛行員，該飛機在起飛後與地面控制失去聯繫 11 分鐘後，在曼谷東南 100 公里（62 英里）處墜落。
墜機地點北柳省省長瓊拉迪·永仲 (Chonlatee Yongtrong) 表示，目前包機上的所有人均已死亡，當局正在緊急調查墜機原因。
「我們發現了許多人類遺骸，」州長週四晚些時候告訴記者，並補充說，泥濘的地形使搜索人員的任務變得複雜。
“飛機垂直墜落，因此我們必須向地下挖 10 m（33 英尺）深。”
現場照片顯示，飛機殘骸散佈在一片森林沼澤地區，救援人員用鋤頭挖掘並使用水泵從某些地區抽水，而警方法醫小組則試圖打撈並重新組裝屍體。
這架航班為 TFT209 航班，飛往東部達叻府，於週四下午從首都素萬那普機場起飛。
省官員稱，這架飛機註冊於泰國飛行服務有限公司，據航空監管機構稱，起飛11分鐘後與曼谷地面控制中心失去聯繫。
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