Plane slides off runway on Thai holiday island
August 4th, 2009 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANSBangkok, Aug 4 (DPA) Several passengers were injured Tuesday when a plane slid off a runway when landing at the popular Thai tourist island of Samui, an airline spokeswoman said.
The Bangkok Airways plane on a flight from Krabi to Samui Island slid off the runway at 2.30 p.m. at Samui airport, Nanwipa Gayjanun, a spokeswoman of the airline, confirmed.
She did not provide any further details on the number of injured passengers. Heavy rain during landing is believed to have caused the accident.
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