A two-seater Cessna DA42 plane crashed in a paddy field on Monday afternoon in Sam Khok district of Pathum Thani province but the two British men onboard escaped with only slight injuries.
A two-seater Cessna DA42 plane rests upside down after crashing in a paddy field in Sam Khok district of Pathum Thani province yesterday afternoon. (Photo by Pongpat Wongyala)
The crash slightly injured two british men, Nicholas Philip Plumer, and his friend who was identified only as David (above). They were both on board the plane when it went down. (Photo by Pongpat Wongyala)
Police in Sam Khok were informed of the crash about 3.30pm.
Police and a rescue team rushed to the field and found Nicholas Philip Pumer and his friend, identified only as David, had been assisted out of the wreckage by local people. The two men were sent to a hospital and were reported to be well with only minor injuries.
The plane crashed to the ground and then flipped over on to its back about 200 metres away from some houses.
Officials from the aviation control tower of the air force base later inspected the scene.
They said the plane had disappeared from radar screens and shortly after there was a report that a plane had crashed in a paddy field in Pathum Thani.
Initially, it was reported that the plane took off from the air force base at Don Mueang, Bangkok.