Ingozi yendiza iBangkok Airways yenzeke esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Koh Samui ngoLwesibili ntambama. Indiza i-ATR 72 ebiphuma e-Krabi yeqe umgwaqo yashayisa umbhoshongo omdala. Le ngozi ibulale ukapteni wendiza futhi yalimaza abagibeli abayisithupha phezu kwengqikithi yabantu abangu-72 (abagibeli abangu-68, abashayeli bezindiza abangu-2 kanye nabasebenzi ababili basendiza). UCaptain Chartchai wendiza ubesebenze nale nkampani iminyaka engu-2 futhi useshayele indiza ye-ATR iminyaka engu-19, ngokusho kwenkampani yezindiza.
Isimo sezulu esinezivunguvungu nemvula enamandla singaba lapho umsuka wengozi. Bonke abagibeli ababegibele kwakungabokufika. Bonke abagibeli bakhishiwe endaweni nabagibeli abane abalimele kanzima abathunyelwe esibhedlela saseBangkok Samui, nabanye ababili abanemihuzukwana esibhedlela saseThai Inter Hospital. Abanye abagibeli abangu-62 badluliselwe ehhotela. Isikhumulo sezindiza sivalwe ngo-3 ntambama futhi abagibeli bahanjiswa ngesikebhe bese kuba ngamabhasi beya esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Surat Thani ezweni elikhulu. I-Thai Airways imemezele ukuthi ikhansele izindiza ezimbili ngo-Agasti 4. Nokho, inkampani yezindiza ibonise ukuthi isilungele ukuthumela izindiza ezimbili ezikhethekile ukuthutha abagibeli abavaleleke uma isikhumulo sezindiza sesivulwe kabusha.
Isikhumulo sezindiza i-Samui kufanele siqale kabusha umsebenzi waso ojwayelekile ngoLwesithathu. Kuzophenywa ukuze kwaziwe ngembangela yengozi ngokusho kukaMengameli weBangkok Airways uCaptain Puttipong Prasarttong-Osoth esithangamini nabezindaba. Ulwazi ngabagibeli abagibele endizeni lungatholakala kule nombolo yocingo Yezimo Eziphuthumayo yase-Bangkok Airways: (+66-0) 2 265 87 77.
