PMTair Flight 241

PMTair Flight 241

Passengers disembark from a PMTair Antonov An-24, similar to the one that crashed
Accident summary
Date June 25, 2007
Site Northeast of Bokor Mountain in Kampot Province, Cambodia
Passengers 16
Crew 6
Fatalities 22 (all)
Survivors 0
Aircraft type Antonov An-24B
Operator PMTair
Registration XU-U4A[1]
Flight origin Siem Reap International Airport
Destination Sihanoukville International Airport

On June 25, 2007, PMTair Flight 241 (U4 241),[2] an Antonov An-24, crashed in southwestern Cambodia, northeast of Bokor Mountain in Kampot Province. All of the 22 people on board, most of whom were South Korean tourists, were killed.[3]

Background

The aircraft was making a domestic flight from Angkor International Airport in Siem Reap to Sihanoukville International Airport in Sihanoukville, Cambodia.[4]

Passengers and crew

Of the sixteen passengers, 13 were South Koreans and three were from the Czech Republic. The Korean passengers were part of a tour group.[3]

The crew of six was made up of an Uzbekistani pilot and two Cambodian co-pilots, a Cambodian flight engineer and two Cambodian flight attendants.[3][5]

NationalityPassengersCrewTotal
 South Korea13013
 Cambodia055
 Czech Republic303
 Uzbekistan011
Total16622

Crash

The airplane crashed about five minutes before it was due to land in Sihanoukville.

Search and rescue

The Cambodian government searched for the crashed plane and possible survivors by mobilizing its military forces and with aid of Thailand based US Naval P-3C. Bad weather and the location of crash site, deep in the jungle, made the efforts of search and rescue teams difficult. Eventually, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced officially that the SAR team located the crash site and confirmed the death of all 22 passengers. Cambodian rescue teams said they would collect the bodies of the victims and transport them to Phnom Penh as soon as possible. The crash site is 167 km South of Phnom Penh.[6]

References

  1. Francis, Leithen (2007-06-26). "Cambodia identifies missing An-24". Flight Global.com. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
  2. Perregaard, Morten (2007-06-26). "Plane Crashes in Cambodia". ScandAsia.com. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "'No survivors' in Cambodia plane". BBC News. 2007-06-27. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
  4. Agence France-Presse (2007-06-25). "22 feared dead in Cambodia plane crash". ABC News. Retrieved 2007-06-25.
  5. Agence France-Presse (2007-06-28). "Memorials held for Cambodian air crash victims". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2007-06-28.
  6. 캄보디아 추락機 탑승객 전원 끝내 사망(종합2보) (in Korean). Yonhap. 2007-06-27. Retrieved 2007-06-27.

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