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Monday, 17 September 2007, 09:43 GMT 10:43 UK

In pictures: Thai air crash

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A Thai budget airliner has crashed on landing in the southern resort of Phuket, killing at least 88 people on board.

Thai crash site

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Flight OG 269, operated by One-Two-Go, caught fire as it skidded off the runway.

Thai crash site

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The McDonnell Douglas plane was carrying 123 passengers, many of them foreigners, and seven crew.

A wing of Thai budget carrier One-To-Go plane after the Phuket crash

A wing of Thai budget carrier One-To-Go plane after the Phuket crash

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The plane, arriving from the Thai capital Bangkok, was trying to land in heavy rain and fierce winds.

Thai crash site

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Both the pilot and the co-pilot are believed to have died in the accident.

Thai rescuers carry an injured passenger out of the wreckage of a crashed plane at Phuket International Airport.

Thai rescuers carry an injured passenger out of the wreckage of a crashed plane at Phuket International Airport.

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A total of about 40 people managed to escape the burning wreckage.

Rescuers examine a large hole in the fuselage of the charred plane

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Some passengers pushed out windows and exits to escape from the plane.

Thai air crash victim

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The survivors, many of them foreign tourists, are being treated in Phuket's hospitals.

A woman checks the passenger list at Phuket Airport

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Relatives of the passengers have begun arriving in Phuket.

Relatives arrive to identify the body of a victim

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Some are facing the grim task of identifying friends or family in a makeshift morgue.

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