“We are trying to find the missing”: 9 people including 2 children wanted after the crash of their plane in the Thai jungle
|Plus de 300 militaires et volontaires sont déployés pour rechercher les disparus. Envato Elements – anankkml
Un avion de tourisme s’est écrasé ce jeudi 22 août 2024 dans la jungle thaïlandaise. Neuf passagers dont deux enfants sont recherchés.
A search is underway in the Thai jungle on Friday for the nine passengers of a light aircraft that crashed in the east of the country on Thursday, but authorities are not hopeful.
“We think they are all dead”
The turboprop plane crashed in the jungle of Chachoengsao province in the east on Thursday while carrying nine people from Bangkok to Trat, near the Cambodian border.
All The occupants likely died in the crash, Thai authorities said.
"The crash occurred “It happened around 3:10 p.m. We are trying to find the missing people, but we think they are all dead,” Chachoengsao Governor Chonlatee Yangtrong told reporters. at the scene of the accident.
According to local media, the passengers were four Thais and five Chinese, including two children aged 12 and 13.
300 military personnel and volunteers search
More than 300 soldiers and volunteers are deployed to search for the missing persons, and the authorities have launched an investigation to identify the causes of the accident.
Body parts, as well as pieces of the plane have been found but heavy rains are slowing down the search.
< p>“We have no intention of stopping until we have found the missing persons, even though some areas are congested “water”, added the governor.