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Map showing the provinces of Thailand affected. Thailand was one of the 14 countries affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami on 26 December 2004. It left behind unprecedented damage and destruction in six provinces of Thailand, impacting 407 villages, completely destroying 47 of them, including prominent tourist resorts like Khao Lak.
Bangkok Airways Flight 125 was a scheduled domestic flight from Don Mueang International Airport to Koh Samui Airport.On 21 November 1990 the Dash 8-103 operating the flight crashed on approach to Koh Samui Airport during bad weather, five kilometres (3.1 mi; 2.7 nmi) southwest of the airport, killing all 33 passengers and 5 crew.
List of shipwrecks: 7 January 2023 Ship State Description PL Arthena Thailand The tugboat sank in Gulf of Thailand some 10–12 nautical miles (19–22 km; 12–14 mi) off Koh Phangan Island, near Samui Island, Surat Thani Province, Thailand in rough weather.
Famous as the setting for the Hollywood blockbuster The Beach, Maya Bay in Ko Phi Phi Leh, Thailand, was closed in the summer of 2018 to restore the natural landscape, ecosystems and coral reefs ...
Stock Photos 2000/Shutterstock ... such as white-water rafting. The islands of Koh Phi Phi, Phuket, and Koh Samui are great for diving and have lively party scenes. ... but I've been twice and had ...
Ko Samui (or Koh Samui), often locally shortened to Samui (Thai: เกาะสมุย, pronounced [kɔ̀ʔ sā.mǔj]), is an island off the east coast of Thailand. Geographically in the Chumphon Archipelago , it is part of Surat Thani Province , though as of 2012, Ko Samui was granted municipal status and thus is now locally self-governing.
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Bangkok Airways Flight 266 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Krabi Airport to Samui Airport, Thailand. On 4 August 2009, the aircraft skidded off the runway on landing and crashed into an old and unmanned control tower. One pilot died and 41 other people were injured.