PATTAYA, Thailand— A little aircraft crashed in a field near Huay Yai Temple, east of Pattaya on January 13, leading to the death of the Austrian pilot and triggering extreme injuries to the German traveler.
The departed pilot has actually been recognized as Stefan Molnar, a 50-year-old Austrian nationwide. The hurt traveler, Christian Leonardo Schuf, a 51-year-old German, suffered a fractured ankle with bones extending from both sides and remained in a state of shock. Emergency situation medical workers supplied preliminary help before urgently transferring him to Wat Yannasangwararam Health Center.
The little white aircraft, recognized as an EK Air design with the registration U-H77, hit a big tamarind tree before crashing to the ground was completely destroyed. Regional homeowners, consisting of 64-year-old livestock herder Mr. Sommit who saw the event hurried to the aircraft to rescue Schuf from the burning wreckage.
Paramedics offered initial care before quickly transferring Schuf to the health center. Sommit remembered tending to his livestock in the field when he heard the aircraft overhead. A loud surge occurred, and a big box directly missed him before the aircraft hit the tamarind tree and crashed.
The Civil Air Travel Authority of Thailand (CAAT) has actually released an examination into the crash, penetrating both its cause and the information of the flight. The contents of the freight stay concealed pending the continuous examination.
This event marks the 2nd aircraft crash in Pattaya this year, following the January 4 event when a Cessna 172 crashed into a home, leading to injuries to 4 people.
