Mae Sot Airport in this northern province of Thailand has been temporarily closed for safety checks after an aircraft from Phuket Air skidded off a runway…
Mae Sot Airport in this northern province of Thailand has been temporarily closed for safety checks after an aircraft from Phuket Air skidded off a runway this morning, according to the airport chief.
Tak airport director Prongsak Panmitr said the plane, Phuket Air flight SR 36, was a propeller-driven YS 11. The Department of Aviation will send officials to probe into the cause of the accident– whether stormy weather, engine failure or something else is to blame.
Mr. Prongsak said the airport will be closed until 6 p.m. tomorrow to ensure safety.
The accident occurred at 9 a.m. Sunday after the plane, which departed Bangkok earlier in the morning, was landing in Mae Sot.
All 40 passengers and the air crew were reported safe.
The YS-11 is a turboprop airliner built by a Japanese consortium, the Nippon Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation. The model was first manufactured in 1962, and production ceased in 1974.
Although most of the aircraft was designed and manufactured in Japan, the engines were built by Rolls-Royce. (TNA)
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