Search underway for plane crash survivors in Chachoengsao province

An emergency team has been searching for survivors from among the seven passengers and two pilots on board a light plane which crashed in Bang Pakong district of Chachoengsao this afternoon.

The Cessna Caravan C208 plane, flight number TFT209 of the Thai Flying Service, left Suvarnabhumi international airport at 2.46pm, bound for Ko Mai Chee airport in Trat province.

The aircraft ultimately lost contact with the Suvarnabhumi control tower. At 3.18pm, it was reported on social media that a plane had crashed in Bang Pakong district.

The reported crash site is in a mangrove swamp. Some women’s clothes and pictures of three non-Thai females were reported to have been found by villagers.

The search is ongoing.