PMTair Flight 241 · Kampot Province
On June 25, 2007, PMTair Flight 241 (Kampot Province). 22 people died.
- Date
- June 25, 2007
- Place
- Kampot Province
- Operator
- PMTair
- Killed
- 22
- Position
- 10.954°N, 103.953°E
- Wikidata ID
- Q842026
From Wikipedia
Progress Multi Trade Air Flight 241 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Siem Reap to Sihanoukville, Cambodia. The flight was operated by regional airliner PMTair using an Antonov An-24. On 25 June 2007, the Antonov An-24, registered as XU-U4A, disappeared over the Cambodian jungle near Bokor Mountain in Kampot while on approach to Sihanoukville. A massive search and rescue operation ensued with thousands of soldiers and police scoured the area. The aircraft was found to have crashed in southwestern Cambodia, northeast of Dâmrei Mountains. All 22 people on board, most of whom were South Korean tourists, were killed. It remains the deadliest air disaster in Cambodian history since 1997.
An investigation was completed in March 2008. The investigation concluded that the crash had been caused by several factors, including the pilots' decision to continue their flight beyond their designated flight route, their decision to continue the descent in inclement weather condition, and poor management from PMTAir.
Text from Wikipedia, “PMTair Flight 241”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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