Just yards from a posh hotel on Thailand’s shore, this is the moment a jet crashed into the water this morning, killing six people on board.
The Viking DHC-6 Twin Otter plunged into the river in the Cha-am area, some 80 miles southwest of Bangkok, according to terrifying video.
Shortly after 8 a.m. local time (2 a.m. GMT), terrified guests at the Baby Grand Hua Hin Hotel saw the plane crash into the water during.
A “parachute practice” exercise. Isara Supasa claimed to have seen the jet nose-dive into the shallow sea after hearing its engine.
“I was shocked and ran onto the beach,” she continued. Life did not seem to be emanating from the aircraft. A number of residents and fishermen who were passing by hurried to the wreckage.
