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Fri, 07/22/2011 - 11:18
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All nine bodies found at Blackhawk crash site
PETCHABURI, July 22 (TNA) - Thai army rescue officers have already found all nine bodies on board an ill-fated Blackhawk helicopter at its crash site earlier this week on the Myanmar soil bordering the Kaeng Krajan National Park of Thailand's upper southern Petchaburi Province.
Authorities at a special Thai military camp in the Kaeng Krajan National Park publicly announced Friday afternoon the on-foot Thai army rescue officers had confirmed that they had detected all the nine demised of the crashed Blackhawk, located some 300 metres from the Thai-Myanmar border and some 200 metres from the site where the other Thai army Huey helicopter crashed in a Kaeng Krajan deep forest last Saturday, killing all five officers on board.
They include Major General Tawan Ruangsri, Commander of the 9th Infantry Division, two pilots, six other army officers and a cameraman of the military-supervised TV Channel 5 in Bangkok were on board the ill-fated Blackhawk helicopter.
The Thai army rescue officers, in cooperation with their Myanmar counterparts, successfully reached the site, where the Blackhawk helicopter crashed, on Friday morning and initially found a body.
The Blackhawk crashed on a mountain in Myanmar during an attempt on Tuesday morning to retrieve the five bodies from last Saturday's crash site in the Kaeng Krajan National Park. (TNA)
Authorities at a special Thai military camp in the Kaeng Krajan National Park publicly announced Friday afternoon the on-foot Thai army rescue officers had confirmed that they had detected all the nine demised of the crashed Blackhawk, located some 300 metres from the Thai-Myanmar border and some 200 metres from the site where the other Thai army Huey helicopter crashed in a Kaeng Krajan deep forest last Saturday, killing all five officers on board.
They include Major General Tawan Ruangsri, Commander of the 9th Infantry Division, two pilots, six other army officers and a cameraman of the military-supervised TV Channel 5 in Bangkok were on board the ill-fated Blackhawk helicopter.
The Thai army rescue officers, in cooperation with their Myanmar counterparts, successfully reached the site, where the Blackhawk helicopter crashed, on Friday morning and initially found a body.
The Blackhawk crashed on a mountain in Myanmar during an attempt on Tuesday morning to retrieve the five bodies from last Saturday's crash site in the Kaeng Krajan National Park. (TNA)
