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Thai Chopper Down

What: Royal Thai Army Aviation Bell UH-1H Huey
Where: between Phetchaburi and Ratchaburi, Thailand
When: July 16 2011
Who: 5 fatalities
Why: A chopper on a mission (air ambulance flight) to rescue civilians trapped in Kaeng Krachan National Park crashed, killing 5 army officers aboard. Visibility was poor, with heavy rain and thick fog.

The chopper had taken off from Thap Phraya Sua Camp in Ratchaburi’s Suan Phung district.

The soldiers lost in that crash were Maj. Kitisak Chin-iam (First pilot), Lt. Pratya Nualsri (Second Pilot), Maj. Kitiphum Ekkaphan (Deputy Commander of the 2nd Infantry Battalion of the 9th Infantry Regiment), Sgt. Maj. Rangsan Polsaibua and Sgt. Maj. Narongdet Pongnumkul (both Flight Mechanics).

The crash occurred between Phetchaburi and Ratchaburi in the jungle. Retrieval has been hampered by continued bad weather, but four helicopters have participated in recovery, as well as forest rangers and border patrol.

Condition and status of the stranded civilians has not been released but they appear not to have been aboard the chopper at the time of the crash.

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