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== Incidents and accidents == [[File:One-Two-Go Airlines HS-OMG wreckage.jpg|thumb|The wreckage of McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82) HS-OMG.]] On 16 September 2007, [[One-Two-Go Airlines Flight 269]], a [[McDonnell Douglas MD-82]] (registered as HS-OMG) flying from [[Bangkok]] with 123 passengers and seven crew members, crashed in strong winds and heavy rain after attempting to land at [[Phuket International Airport]]. The aircraft was mostly destroyed in the blazing inferno<ref>{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82) HS-OMG Phuket International Airport (HKT) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20070916-0 |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=Aviation Safety Network |publisher=Flight Safety Foundation |publication-place=Alexandria, Virginia}}</ref> that soon developed after the crash as the fuselage tore in two. 90 people were killed,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-09-16 |title=Today in History |url=https://apnews.com/article/74c023470e1a4b16a871fb7af52dd03d |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928131956/https://apnews.com/article/74c023470e1a4b16a871fb7af52dd03d |archive-date=2023-09-28 |access-date= |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> including 5 of the crew members.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Crash of a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 in Phuket: 90 killed |url=https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-mcdonnell-douglas-md-82-phuket-90-killed |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928132219/https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-mcdonnell-douglas-md-82-phuket-90-killed |archive-date=2023-09-28 |access-date= |website=Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives}}</ref> 45 of the dead were tourists.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6997381.stm | work=BBC News | title=Scores killed in Thai plane crash | date=16 September 2007 | access-date=20 May 2010 | archive-date=24 July 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724121746/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6997381.stm | url-status=live }}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=September 2023|reason=There is no mention of the number 45 nor the mention of tourists. The closest it gets it saying that "At least 70 of the passengers were foreigners, officials said."}} In addition to the 90 dead, 26 people were "seriously injured" and 14 "suffered minor injuries".<ref>{{Cite web |last=((AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE, MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, THAILAND)) |title=AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT FINAL REPORT, ONE TWO GO AIRLINES COMPANY LIMITED, MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9-82 (MD-82), HS-OMG, PHUKET INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THAILAND, 16.SEPTEMBER 2007 |url=https://reports.aviation-safety.net/2007/20070916-0_MD82_HS_OMG.pdf |website= |publisher= }}</ref> Thai aviation officials initially claimed that weather was a probable factor.<ref>{{cite news |last=Watts |first=Jonathan |date=September 17, 2007 |title=Survivors angry that pilot tried to land plane in monsoon storm |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/sep/18/theairlineindustry.thailand |url-status=live |work=[[The Guardian]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831233807/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/sep/18/theairlineindustry.thailand |archive-date=August 31, 2013 |access-date=October 13, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22436562-23349,00.html |title=Crash airline has history of safety doubts |newspaper=The Australian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070919081819/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22436562-23349,00.html |archive-date=2007-09-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=September 2023|reason=Does not support the preceding sentence}} The cause of the crash was later determined to be multiple flight crew errors caused by systemic failures including corruption and lack of training at One-Two-Go and within Thailand's Civil Aviation Authority, [[Department of Civil Aviation (Thailand)|Department of Civil Aviation]].<ref name="bangkok post">{{cite news | url = http://www.bangkokpost.com/210708_News/21Jul2008_news008.php | title = ONE-TWO-GO AIRLINES Pilot error blamed for crash | newspaper = [[Bangkok Post]] | date = 2008-07-21 | access-date = 2008-07-21}}</ref> "An Australian television show" says that One-Two-Go violated safety rules, such as by having pilots fly without getting enough rest, and submitted fake documentation to hide it.{{cn|date=June 2024}}
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