Bangkok: A small police plane crashed into the sea while conducting a test flight near a popular beach town in Thailand. The crash has led to the death of at least five people on board, officials said. The test flight was aimed at preparing for parachute training in the Hua Hin district before it crashed around 8 am, said Royal Thai Police spokesperson Archayon Kraithong. According to the public relations department of Prachuap Khiri Khan province, the plane crashed near Hua Hin Airport.
Archayon initially said that five people died at the scene and one died at the hospital but later revised the death toll to five, saying the officer who was sent to the hospital remained in critical condition but alive. There were six people on board, all police officers, Archayon added.
