（泰國‧曼谷）泰國一架客機週二（8月4日）在南部旅遊勝地蘇梅島機場降落時，滑出跑道，撞上控制塔，造成機師喪生，42人受傷，傷者大部份是遊客。
泰國空中運輸管理局指出，出事的是曼谷航空公司PG266班機，機上載有68名乘客及4名機組人員。
機上有68遊客4機員
衛生部說，有42人受傷。機上外籍乘客來自意大利、西班牙、瑞典、法國、德國及英國。
曼谷航空公司主席布迪邦在新聞發佈會說：“機長查猜已身亡，副機長被救出，已被送入醫院救治，另有6名乘客入院，他們有者斷腳及蒙受其他傷勢，餘者輕傷，不過，機上所有乘客安全疏散。”
他指出，查猜已為曼谷航空服務了19年，並駕駛ATR-72類型飛機14年。
他說，在傷者中，一名意大利、兩名英國及一名瑞士乘客重傷。
曼谷航空機從甲米飛蘇梅島
肇事飛機由泰國南部甲米府機場起飛，當地時間下午2時多在降落蘇梅島機場時，失控滑出跑道，並撞向一座無人控制塔。
由于事發時，蘇梅島正刮大風、下大雨，當局初步判定，惡劣天氣可能是事故發生的原因。但確定原因仍有待調查。
事發後，大批營救人員已經趕往事故現場施救。
機師當場死亡
泰國民航局負責人較早時表示，由于飛機頭部直撞控制搭，嚴重損毀，機師當場死亡，一度被困在駕駛艙內的副機師，以及另6名乘客則受傷。
A British tourist has told of fearing for his life after a plane skidded off the runway in Thailand.
The pilot was killed when the Bangkok Airways plane crashed while landing on the tourist island of Koh Samui.
Nick Harvey said he and his new wife Claire, among four Britons injured, were terrified it would catch fire.
Mr Harvey, from Portsmouth, told The Times: "You think of horrible things when plane problems happen, so I said 'Get out as soon as you can'."
His leg was broken and he was trapped in his seat for nearly an hour by metal wreckage. The honeymooning couple had been sitting in the front row of the plane.
Speaking from hospital on Koh Samui, Mr Harvey added: "We landed as you would normally. You expect a bit of a bounce. Then the plane seemed to be going slightly sideways, and we hit something."
The were among seven people who needed hospital treatment following the crash, including the co-pilot, who suffered leg injuries.
The Britons taken to hospital were travelling with Preston-based tour operator Gold Medal, which is part of the Thomas Cook group.
She said the injured couple were initially taken to separate hospitals but were now at the same hospital.
The spokeswoman said: "We have made contact with them and, while they have sustained some injuries, we understand they will make a full recovery.
"Our local representative has visited them and we will be offering all the help and support possible during this time."
The Bangkok Airways flight, carrying 72 people, hit an old and unmanned control tower amid reports of heavy rain.
The plane had taken off from the southern Thai town of Krabi, another popular tourist destination.
BANGKOK, Aug 5 (Xinhua) -- Thai Samui airport is about to resume services in 1:00 p.m. local time Wednesday after a plane crash that killed one Tuesday afternoon, Civil Aviation DepartmentDirector General Kannika Khemawuthanont said on Wednesday morning.
According to Bangkok Post online, the director general said theblack-box of the plane, which slid off the runway and crashed intoan old control tower in Samui airport in Sourthern Thailand Tuesday afternoon, has been found, and will be sent to either the United States or France for examination.
The plane will be removed out of the way and debris will be cleared this morning, Kannika said.
The plane of Bangkok Airways, the private-owned carrier, crashed into an old air traffic control tower while landing at Samui airport in the southern province of Su-ras-tha-ni. ChartchaiPansuwan, one of the pilots, was killed in the accident.
Four passengers -- two British, one Switzerlander and one Italian -- were severely injured as their legs were broken.
The accident of the ATR72-500 aircraft occurred when it was raining heavily amid strong wind, the Thai language news agency INN reported. The aircraft of Flight PG 266, departed an airport in a southern province of Krabi.
After the plane crashed into the old air traffic control tower,which was used as a parking lot for fire trucks of the airport, smoke was seen out of the head of the plane as its left wing was broken.
The 70-seat aircraft carried 68 passengers and four crew members, including two pilots and two flight attendants, PuttipongPrasarttong-Osoth, president of Bangkok Airways, told a press conference at the company's headquarters in Bangkok.
The passengers were mainly foreigners from countries including Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Switzerland and Israel.All of those injured had been admitted to Bangkok-Samui hospital.
After the accident, the Samui Airport temporarily shut down itsrunway in order to examine the accident.
Samui is the world famous resort island and is the destination of tourists from many countries around the world.
After the crash, the Thai Airways International, the national flag carrier, cancelled two flights to Samui, leaving more than 200 passengers stranded at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport.
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