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Thailand: six police officers die in an plane accident at sea

Six Thai police died in the accident of an plane over the Gulf of Thailand, during a parachute jump exercise.

Six Thai police died in the plane accident about Thailand’s gulf during a parachute jump exercise, police announced on Friday, April 25. The accident took place at 8 am (3 hours, French time) in Cha-Am, a popular tourist destination in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, about 130 km southwest of the capital of Bangkok.

Five police officers who were on board died instantly and a sixth then died in the hospital, said police spokesman Archayon Krahong on Facebook. According to the Thai media, the plane fell a hundred meters from the shore.

“Valient agents”

The images shared on social networks show the spiral plane before immersing themselves in the sea, and the people who try to reach the accident with water to the chest.

Police chief Kitrat Phanphet has promised an investigation into the accident while the black box of the plane began to be examined. “The Royal Thai police expresses their deep condolences to (near) of brave agents who lost their lives,” said the police statement.

Author: LV with AFP
Source: BFM TV

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