The wreckage from the army’s Black Hawk helicopter that crash-landed in a rubber planting in Thepha region, Songkhla province, on Friday was taken off crash site in order to Ingkhayuthaboriharn military get away in Pattani province on Saturday evening, according to local media reports.
The helicopter reportedly developed an motor problem while flying over tambon Wang Yai, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing in the rubberized plantation at Khlong Yon village with seven people aboard.
The particular seven included Lt Gen Kriangkrai Srirak, commander of the fourth Army Region, 2 pilots, two technicians, a cameraman plus an aide-de-camp. These were rescued shortly after the particular crash.
The seven had been first rushed to Thepha Hospital, the particular district hospital closest to the crash web site, before Lt Gen Kriangkrai was later on transferred to Songklanagarind Medical center in Songkhla.
After the accident, soldiers from the 15th Engineering Battalion within Thepha district plus an army repair and maintenance battalion were dispatched towards the crash site to examine and salvage the wreckage.
The work was finished at about 7pm on Saturday. The destroyed helicopter was cut into two parts – the end section and the fuseage.
The parts were raised by a crane onto articulated lorries of the army and completely covered with canvas before being taken out of the crash web site to Ingkhayuthaboriharn army camp in Pattani’s Nong Chik region.
These were to be further moved to the army modern aviation centre at Fortification Princess Srinagarindra in Muang district of Lop Buri state for examination.