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Small plane crashes in Thailand, all 9 aboard believed dead

Aircraft went down shortly after taking off from Bangkok airport

A rescue team works at the site of a small aircraft crash in Thailand's Chachoengsao province on Aug. 22. (Chachoengsao's Public Relations Department via AP)

BANGKOK (AP) -- A small passenger plane on a domestic flight in Thailand crashed Thursday afternoon shortly after taking off from the main airport in the capital, Bangkok, the country's civil aviation authority announced. It appeared that all nine people aboard had been killed.

Rescuers found no survivors at the crash site in a mangrove swamp in Chachoengsao province about 40 kilometers from the airport, reported Thai media, which said seven passengers and two pilots had been listed as being on board.

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