A report on Thaivisa says it was a Porter, but I reckon it’s more likely a Fairchild AU-23A (think that’s right) the license built version.
The pilots who died in a plane crash have been identified.
The pilots who died in a plane crash in Chanthaburi (āļāļąāļāļāļāļļāļĢāļĩ) have been identified, but the cause of the crash is still unknown.
Royal Rainmaking Office Director Apichai Jeungprapa (āļāļ āļīāļāļąāļĒ āļāļķāļāļāļĢāļ°āļ āļē) revealed that at around 1:20 PM yesterday, a porter plane number 1312 of the office crashed after taking off from the Tha Mai (āļāđāļēāđāļŦāļĄāđ) airport in Chantaburi at an altitude of 300 feet. The plane had been tasked with making a rainmaking operation. The cause of the crash is still unknown, but the names of the pilots on board have been identified.
The pilots who died in the incident include Captain Wichein Worachat (āļ§āļīāđāļāļĩāļĒāļĢ āļ§āļĢāļāļąāļāļĢ), Sergeant Taweesak Chuaychoo (āļāļ§āļĩāļĻāļąāļāļāļīāđ āļāđāļ§āļĒāļāļđ), Mr. Yai Silapaya (āđāļŦāļāđ āļĻāļīāļĨāļāļēāļĒāļ°), and Mr. Panya Sriwimol (āļāļąāļāļāļē āļĻāļĢāļĩāļ§āļīāļĄāļĨ). The officials are investigating the cause of the crash, which they believe did not result from the old condition of the plane, as the plane has been renovated in 2001.
Mr. Apichai said that the center has made rainmaking operations continuously to relieve drought problems, adding that it is a shame that the center lost ones of their best staff. He said that the center is contacting relatives of the dead to provide any possible assistance.
Source: Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department – 30 March 2006
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