Dozens Die As Plane Crashes Into Mekong River

An aircraft has crashed into the Mekong river in Laos killing 39 people.

The Lao Airlines plane was on an internal flight from the capital, Vientiane, to the south of the country, crashed in the late afternoon, China's Xinhua state news agency said, citing the airline.

A television station in neighbouring Thailand said 39 people had been killed.

The Bangkok Post reported that the ART twin-turbo plane flight QV301 crashed into the river as it was coming in to land at the airport in Champassak province in southern Laos due to bad weather.

The plane left Wattay airport in Vientiane at 2.45pm local time and crashed in Pakse at 4pm, the report said.

Lao Airlines operates throughout Indochina

Airline and government officials in Laos were not immediately available for comment.

Lao Airlines has been in existence since 1976. It previously operated as Lao Aviation, becoming Lao Airlines in March this year.

According to its website the Lao Airlines network offers: "A global end-to-end service airlines, offering year-round low fares with an extensive global route network flying to in Laos and from centrally located airports in Indochina."

It adds: "The company's logo, the five petals that compose the Champa flower represent the way Lao Airlines has achieved great success from past investments of time and effort in acquiring experience.

"Its planes such as: ATR 72-200,MA60 guarantee the daily flights with China, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia."

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