One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 was a scheduled flight from Bangkok's Don Mueang International Airport to Phuket International Airport in the Thai resort island of Phuket. On 16 September 2007, amid heavy rains and strong crosswinds at Phuket International Airport, the pilots failed to heed a warning from a previously landing aircraft. They failed to successfully execute a go-around, and crashed into a wooded embankment,8°06′51″N 98°19′05″E / 8....
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One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 was a scheduled flight from Bangkok's Don Mueang International Airport to Phuket International Airport in the Thai resort island of Phuket. On 16 September 2007, amid heavy rains and strong crosswinds at Phuket International Airport, the pilots failed to heed a warning from a previously landing aircraft. They failed to successfully execute a go-around, and crashed into a wooded embankment,8°06′51″N 98°19′05″E / 8.11417°N 98.31806°E / 8.11417; 98.31806 along the side of the runway.
The aircraft broke into two pieces, caught fire almost immediately, and was completely destroyed. 90 people died, including 45 tourists to Thailand.
Despite significant attempts by the Thai Department of Civil Aviation and the owner of the airline, Udom Tantiprasongchai, to falsify information critical to the crash investigation, the NTSB determined the cause of the crash to be "flight crew error". The first officer was inadequately trained and inexperienced and the captain...
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