BANGKOK, 23 October 2013 The fifth body of a Thai national killed in last week’s plane crash in southern Laos has been found by a team of experts.
The man has been identified as Niphon Chaichanakulwadi, one of PTT’s three engineers en route to carry out a mission to expand petrol stations and depot in the neighboring country.
A total of 44 bodies have so far been retrieved from the site of the crash. 5 bodies have yet to be found, out of 49 passengers and crew members on board.
The bodies of three Thai men have earlier been transported back to Thailand via a government plane.
In the latest development, investigators have picked up signals from the black box of the plane but the raging torrent and murky waters of the Mekong River have prevented them from finding it.
Forty nine people, most of whom were foreigners, were killed when the Lao Airlines turboprop twin engine plane clipped trees, skidded on land and plunged into the river in extreme weather six kilometers from Pakse Airport last Wednesday afternoon.
