Drama off the beach resort of Hua Hin Police plane crashes into the sea off the beach in Thailand - five dead
At least five people have died in the crash of a police plane off the Thai seaside resort of Hua Hin. Another police officer survived seriously injured.
25.04.2025, 08:39
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- A police plane crashed into the sea during a test flight off Hua Hin in Thailand.
- The aircraft crashed in shallow water around 100 meters off the coast.
- One person was taken to hospital in a critical condition. The other five people on board did not survive the crash.
A small police plane has crashed into the sea off a popular beach resort in Thailand. The crash claimed the lives of at least five people, according to a spokesman for the Thai police, Archayon Kraithong.
There were six people on board, all of them police officers. One of them was reportedly taken to hospital and is in a critical condition. The cause of the crash was initially unknown.
The plane was on a test flight in preparation for parachute training in the Hua Hin district before it crashed at around eight in the morning.
A video circulating on social media shows the plane plunging vertically into the sea. Aerial footage shows that the plane broke into several pieces in shallow water around 100 meters off the coast.
