Bangkok Airways ATR-72 HS-PGL (msn 670) skidded off the runway and crashed into a building after landing on the Thai resort island of Samui on Tuesday, killing the chief pilot and injuring at least seven people including foreign tourists. The flight landed in stormy weather and hit the airport’s old air traffic control tower, which had been converted into a fire station. The co-pilot and six tourists were hurt. Samui, located 298 miles (480 kilometers) south of Bangkok, is an island in the Gulf of Thailand popular with foreign tourists.
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08/04/09 @ 10:23 
Pilot killed in Bangkok Airways ATR-72 crash 
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