Air crash claims another life

PHUKET (Gazette, Nation): A 22-year-old Welsh woman being treated at Bangkok General Hospital in Bangkok after surviving the crash landing of One-Two-Go flight OG269 was confirmed dead today as a result of severe burns.

Bethan Jones, 22, received severe burns to 50% of her body in the fire that followed the crash and was flown from Phuket to Bangkok on September 18.

Miss Jones, from Porth in South Wales, was on a round-the-world trip with her boyfriend, Alex Collins, 22, who also died in the crash.

Her death brings the total dead in disaster to 90.

All of the other victims have been identified, said Royal Thai Police Region Eight Commander Lt Gen Thani Thavitsri on September 25.

Gen Thani told reporters, “Police working here have completed identifying all of the bodies. We are happy with the work done by Phuket police, Thailand Disaster Victim Identification (TDVI) and local dental doctors.

“We benefited from working with people who had experience with the tsunami, and we must thank those people.”

He continued, “We must wait for the results from the US of the analysis of the black box flight recorder to determine the cause of the crash. I hope we can wrap this case up soon.”