Iran Press/Asia: The small aircraft departed from Bangkok’s main international airport at 2:46 p.m. local time, headed to an airport in eastern Trat province, according to the Chachoengsao provincial office of the government’s public relations department.
It lost contact about 10 minutes into the flight, the office said in a statement.
Residents of Chachoengsao’s Bang Pakong district described seeing the plane fall from the sky and “explode loudly” upon impact, with debris damaging nearby homes.
“I was sitting in front of my house. The plane flew over my house with a loud engine sound. Just seconds after that it crashed just here, with a loud crash,” one resident told officials, in a video shared by the provincial office.
Soneva Kiri, a luxury resort located on the island on Koh Kood, confirmed to CNN in a statement that it employed the two Thai passengers. The resort’s guests usually arrive via private plane at the nearby airport, then take a speedboat to the island.
The resort said it was fully cooperating with authorities in the investigation.
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