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Tailand: Search for bodies at Laos plane crash site
It will be a slow process recovering the bodies from the Lao Airlines plane that crashed into the Mekong River, killing all 49 people on board, including six Australians.
The Lao Airlines ATR 7620 twin turboprop aircraft, purchased from France in March this year, was making an approach to the airport in "severe weather" and strong winds on Wednesday evening when it plunged into the Mekong River near Pakse Airport in southern Laos.
A formal investigation has been launched but Australia's ambassador to Laos, Lynda Worthaisong, said it would be a slow process because the area was difficult to access and the plane is underwater.
A team of Lao aviation investigators was dispatched early on Thursday, as recovery of bodies from the brown waters of the Mekong River pressed ahead at the crash site near Pakse in Champasak province, the final destination of flight QV301.
Lao Airline officials at a press conference in Vientiane on Thursday confirmed there were six Australians among the 49 passengers and crew on board the ATR 7620 twin turboprop aircraft.
The passenger list also included 17 Laotians, seven French, five Thais, three South Koreans, two Vietnamese, a Chinese, a Canadian, a Myanmarese, a Taiwanese and an American.
Among the Australians killed was Sydney tax agent Gavin Rhodes, his wife Phoumalaysy (Lea), their daughter and baby son. The other Australian victims was Michael Creighton, 42, an aid worker, and his father Gordon Creighton, 71, who was visiting his son in Laos.
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Tailand: Search for bodies at Laos plane crash site
It will be a slow process recovering the bodies from the Lao Airlines plane that crashed into the Mekong River, killing all 49 people on board, including six Australians.
The Lao Airlines ATR 7620 twin turboprop aircraft, purchased from France in March this year, was making an approach to the airport in "severe weather" and strong winds on Wednesday evening when it plunged into the Mekong River near Pakse Airport in southern Laos.
A formal investigation has been launched but Australia's ambassador to Laos, Lynda Worthaisong, said it would be a slow process because the area was difficult to access and the plane is underwater.
A team of Lao aviation investigators was dispatched early on Thursday, as recovery of bodies from the brown waters of the Mekong River pressed ahead at the crash site near Pakse in Champasak province, the final destination of flight QV301.
Lao Airline officials at a press conference in Vientiane on Thursday confirmed there were six Australians among the 49 passengers and crew on board the ATR 7620 twin turboprop aircraft.
The passenger list also included 17 Laotians, seven French, five Thais, three South Koreans, two Vietnamese, a Chinese, a Canadian, a Myanmarese, a Taiwanese and an American.
Among the Australians killed was Sydney tax agent Gavin Rhodes, his wife Phoumalaysy (Lea), their daughter and baby son. The other Australian victims was Michael Creighton, 42, an aid worker, and his father Gordon Creighton, 71, who was visiting his son in Laos.
More here: Search for bodies at Laos plane crash site - Yahoo!7
