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17/09/2007
Three NI Men In Thai Air Crash
The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that a Derry man is among those who died in yesterday's plane crash in Phuket, Thailand.
Former student Aaron Toland, 22, boarded the flight accompanied with his friend Christopher Cooley, also in his 20s. Mr Cooley is being treated in intensive care in hospital.
Ashley Harrow from Moira, Craigavon, was also injured in the crash but it is believed he is recovering well.
A total of 89 passengers are now feared dead when the plane crashed on landing in bad weather at Phuket Airport yesterday. There were 123 passengers and seven crew on board the flight from Bangkok when it crashed.
The British Ambassador in Thailand, Quinton Quayle, told reporters that he believed that several Britons had been among those killed in the crash.
(LC/SP)
Former student Aaron Toland, 22, boarded the flight accompanied with his friend Christopher Cooley, also in his 20s. Mr Cooley is being treated in intensive care in hospital.
Ashley Harrow from Moira, Craigavon, was also injured in the crash but it is believed he is recovering well.
A total of 89 passengers are now feared dead when the plane crashed on landing in bad weather at Phuket Airport yesterday. There were 123 passengers and seven crew on board the flight from Bangkok when it crashed.
The British Ambassador in Thailand, Quinton Quayle, told reporters that he believed that several Britons had been among those killed in the crash.
(LC/SP)
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