BANGKOK, 7 Aug 2013, (NNT) – More than 300 passengers have been left stranded at Trang Airport, following yesterday’s accident which saw Nok Air flight DD7411 skidding off runway before taking off to Bangkok.

The accident was caused by wet runway as rains repeatedly hammered down the area on the day. He added all the 142 passengers were not harmed in the event, including Deputy Commander of the Royal Thai Police, Police General Chatchawan Suksomjit.

According to Trang Airport officials, the pilots had already initiated taking off sequence the moment before the incident, but decided to call it off at the last minute, as they deemed the weather was too dangerous to take off. In order to gain more space for abandoning sequence, the pilots turned the plane to the eastern runway located near Trang-Palean road. The plane then skidded off the runway during its turning.

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