ʻO Bangkok Airways Aerospatiale 68 noho ATR-72-500, lele PG-266 mai Krabi a Koh Samui (Thailand), heʻe i ke alaloa o Koh Samui a kuʻi me ka hale kiaʻi kahiko i hoʻohana ʻole ʻia ma kahi o 14:30 kūloko (07: 30Z). Ua make ʻia hoʻokahi kanaka, 10 mau ʻeha liʻiliʻi e hōʻike ʻia nei, ua ʻōlelo ʻia ua loaʻa i ka mokulele ka pōʻino nui i ka ʻāpana ihu.
Ua huikau ka pāpāho maʻamau e pili ana i nā mea make. ʻO nā hōʻike i hōʻoia ʻole ʻia mai kahi kumu mokulele e ʻoi aku ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka hiki ʻana mai o nā hōʻike like ʻole, aia he 10 i kēia manawa i make a hiki i 41 i hōʻeha nui ʻia.
Wahi a kekahi hōʻike ʻē aʻe i hoʻokahi wale nō mea i make ʻo ka pailaka. Ua ʻeha ka Co-pailaka, i kēia manawa ke ola nei, ʻehā mau ohua i ʻeha nā wāwae, ʻelua mau mea ʻeha iki. Ua hoʻokūpaʻa nā luna o Samui, ua make ka pailaka o ka mokulele hoʻokele propeller i ka pōʻino.
Ua hōʻike ʻia e hoʻāʻo ana ka mokulele e pae i ka wā ua nui i ka wā e heʻe ai mai ke alaloa a komo i loko o ke keʻena lawelawe kūikawā e kūkulu ana i nā hale ahi a me nā kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo Bangkok Airways i ka makahiki 1968 ma ke ʻano he Sahakol Air e lawelawe nei i nā lawelawe mokulele mokulele a hoʻomaka i nā mokulele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia i ka makahiki 1986, a lilo i mokulele kūloko ponoʻī nona mua.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Ua hōʻike ʻia e hoʻāʻo ana ka mokulele e pae i ka wā ua nui i ka wā e heʻe ai mai ke alaloa a komo i loko o ke keʻena lawelawe kūikawā e kūkulu ana i nā hale ahi a me nā kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa.
- Ua hōʻoia nā mana o Samui, ua make ka pailaka o ka mokulele i hoʻokele ʻia i ka ulia pōpilikia.
- ʻO nā hōʻike i hoʻopaʻa ʻole ʻia mai kahi kumu mokulele e ʻoi aku ka ʻoiaʻiʻo i ka hiki ʻana mai o nā hōʻike like ʻole, aia i kēia manawa he 10 make a hiki i ka 41 ʻeha nui.
