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  • Plane crashes in Phuket, Thailand; more than 30 dead

    09/16/2007 4:33:59 AM PDT · by Turbopilot · 57 replies · 1,986+ views
    MSNBC.com ^ | 9-16-2007 | MSNBC News Services
    BANGKOK, Thailand - More than 90 percent of the 123 passengers and an unknown number of crew were killed on Sunday when a Thai airliner crashed on the Thai resort island of Phuket, Deputy Governor Vorapot Rajsima said. "The casualties should be higher than 90 percent. I'm at the airport and the plane is still smoking," he told Channel 9 television. [...] Earlier, Angsuwan had told TITV that there was heavy rain when flight OG269 attempted to make a landing. "The visibility was poor as the pilot attempted to land. He decided to make a go-around but the plane lost...