Survivor and eyewitnesses tell of the Phuket Airport crash

Marine Keisel, from Paris, was aboard a plane behind the one that crashed and saw the accident happen.

"When the plane landed it caught fire," she told AFP at Phuket airport. "We could see the fire coming out of it. It was chaos inside my plane."

Meanwhile David McGivney, 23, from Ireland, was on vacation and waiting to return to Bangkok. When the accident happened he was on another plane, which waited on the tarmac for an hour.

"Nothing was said to us until we saw it on the news," he said.

Asked if he was willing to fly, McGivney said: "Not really, maybe we'll get the bus tonight."

Nong Khaonual, a frequent flyer, said he managed to drag his wife Ladda, who was unconscious, to an emergency door at the back and opened it with the help of other survivors. The 10 survivors then jumped into a ditch.

He said the plane bounced violently before it skidded off the runway and crash into an earth berm. The plane caught fire immediately after it stopped.

Nong said some of the survivors who helped open the door suffered some burns. Most were hurt from the jump into the ditch. Nong tore an earlobe and damaged his shoulder.

He said there was no announcement from the crew that landing could be a problem.

One of Nong's sonsinlaw said Nong, his wife and all 10 survivors were seated at the back of the plane, where the impact of the crash was less severe.

Nong's son Thanawat Fongsrisin said his mother injured her head in the jump from the plane. The couple were taken to Siriroj Hospital.

He said his parents went to Phuket to visit his pregnant wife, who is due to deliver next month.

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