Internet users in China reacted with grief and shock after five Chinese nationals, including two children, were killed in a plane crash in Thailand on Thursday afternoon. The small turboprop plane headed to Thailand’s southeastern Trat province lost contact with air traffic control shortly after taking off from Suvarnabhumi Airport in the capital Bangkok, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported. China’s embassy in Thailand confirmed to Xinhua that five Chinese nationals were among the nine people on the plane.
The others were the pilot and co-pilot and two cabin crew, all Thai nationals. There were no survivors. Two of the victims were children aged 12 and 13, local media reported.
01:18 Two Chinese children believed to be among 9 killed in Thailand plane crash A rescuer who identified himself only as Chu told The Beijing News that emergency workers had to dig up to 3 metres (about 10 feet) to find the victims’ remains at the crash site, a mangrove swamp in Chachoengsao province about 40km (25 miles) from Suvaranbhumi. Search and rescue operations continued into Thursday night but had to be stopped after the site was submerged by the rising tide near the mouth of the Bang Pakong River. Chinese internet users mourned the victims on social media, leaving “please be safe” and praying or crying emojis under a post on the tragedy from state broadcaster CCTV.
“It is so heartbreaking to know that there were even two children among five Chinese tourists. They just went .