Feeling guilty about Samui trip
August 5, 2009 by KDSH
Filed under H1N1 Flu Watch, Local News & Event
Joanne Lee feels silly about H1N1 worries in the wake of the Samui crash.
Joanne Lee Straits Times Online Editor
I WAS on a break last week – in Koh Samui, Thailand. I flew Bangkok Airways direct. So imagine my shock when news broke about two hours ago that a Bangkok Airways flight veered off the runway at Koh Samui’s airport and crashed into a disused building – flight control? firefighting building? – due to bad weather. At the time of this blog entry, one is confirmed dead: The pilot. Several are injured. I’m, however, told by the husband of my friend who runs a resort there that hospitals are calling for blood donors of all types. Hopefully, that’s just a precaution and not an indication that more casualties are to come.
