Plane crashes on Thai resort island

At least one person has been killed and 10 others injured when a passenger aircraft skidded off the runway and crashed as it came into land in heavy rain at the Thai resort island of Koh Samui. The flight, said to be carrying mostly foreign tourists, came down on Tuesday afternoon. Sixty-eight people were aboard the aircraft, a twin turboprop ATR-72 owned by Bangkok Airways. Police said the plane was arriving from the southern Thai resort of Krabi when it slid off the runway and crashed int

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