Half of passengers of Liner choking in Thailand were foreigners

According to the latest official data, with the crash of the McDonnell Douglas MD-82 passenger aircraft in the Thai city of Phuket, 88 people were killed, 42 were injured and were hospitalized, Reuters reported with reference to the deputy governor of the Twukete Island Razhsism.

It is known that about half of the passengers were on board the airliner. Among them, eight British, two Australians survived, said the representative of the Airport in Bangkok Thaisak Tea-Arkad.

According to Reuters, there is also an Irishman and Iranian in the list of surviving foreigners. All victims are provided with medical care.

The hospital also has ten foreign citizens whose nationality has not yet been established. Representatives of local authorities suggest that there are Germans, Israelis and Italians among them.

Local authorities previously reported that, apparently, 90%, or at least 100 people died.

It is known that the airliner belonged to the Orient Thai Airways. He flew from Bangkok OG 269. According to the agency, landing took place in adverse weather conditions - heavy rain poured over the runway.

There were no Russians on board the aircraft, said the Russian consul in Thailand. The Phuket resort is also very popular among Russian tourists, said Irina Tyurina, spokeswoman for the Russian Union of Trade of the Russian Union of Trade.

"In the not winter season, 99 percent of Russian tourists fall on Phuket with internal lines through Bangkok. Now about 1840 people fly to Thailand a week, of which 30 percent fly to Phuket," Tyurina said. However, she noticed that Russian tourists use the Orient Thai Airways airline, which belonged to the fallen plane, "very rarely."

For what reason the plane crash occurred - the answer is expected to give the so -called "black boxes". But while experts have not yet begun to investigate the contents of the on -board recorders.

This plane crash in the number of dead in Thailand in Thailand over the past ten years.