Ingozi yenqwelomoya ye-Bangkok Airways yenzeke kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseKoh Samui ngoLwesibini emva kwemini. Inqwelomoya ye-ATR 72 eyayisuka eKrabi yatsiba kumgaqo weenqwelo-moya yaza yantlitheka kwinqaba endala yolawulo. Le ngozi yabulala umphathi wenqwelomoya kwaye yenzakalisa abakhweli abathandathu ngaphezulu kwenani labantu abangama-72 ababekhwele (abakhweli abangama-68, abaqhubi beenqwelomoya aba-2 kunye nabalindi benqwelomoya aba-2). I-Flight Captain Chartchai ebesebenza nenkampani iminyaka eyi-19 kwaye uye walinga iinqwelomoya ze-ATR iminyaka eyi-14, ngokutsho kwenqwelomoya.
Imozulu enesaqhwithi enemvula enkulu inokuba yeyokuqala kwengozi. Bonke abakhweli ababekhwele apho babengabaphambukeli. Bonke abagibeli baye bakhutshwa kwindawo kunye nabagibeli abane abalimele kakhulu abathunyelwe kwiSibhedlele saseBangkok Samui, kunye nabanye ababini abanokulimala okuncinci kwiSibhedlele saseThai Inter. Abanye abakhweli abangama-62 batshintshelwe ehotele. Isikhululo seenqwelomoya sivaliwe ngentsimbi yesithathu emva kwemini kwaye abakhweli bakhweliswa ngesikhephe emva koko ngebhasi ukuya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya i-Surat Thani kumhlaba omkhulu. I-Thai Airways ibhengeze ukuba irhoxise iinqwelomoya ezimbini ngo-Agasti 3. Nangona kunjalo, i-airline ibonise ukuba ilungele ukuthumela iinqwelomoya ezimbini ezikhethekileyo zokuthutha abakhweli abaxinzelelweyo xa isikhululo seenqwelomoya sivulwa kwakhona.
Isikhululo seenqwelomoya saseSamui kufuneka siphinde siqalise umsebenzi waso wesiqhelo ngoLwesithathu. Uphando luya kuqhutywa ukwazi eyona nto ibangela ingozi ngokutsho kukaMongameli waseBangkok Airways uCaptain Puttipong Prasarttong-Osoth kwinkomfa yabezindaba. Ulwazi malunga nabakhweli kwinqwelo-moya inokufumaneka kule nombolo yocingo yoNgxamiseko yaseBangkok Airways: (+66-0) 2 265 87 77.
