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Rescue workers worked all night at the plane crash site in Thailand. All nine passengers are presumed dead.

A small passenger plane on a domestic flight in Thailand crashed shortly after takeoff from the capital Bangkok's main airport on Thursday afternoon, the country's civil aviation authority said. All nine people on board apparently died. Rescue workers found no survivors at the crash site in a mangrove swamp in Chachoengsao province, about 40 kilometers from the airport.

A small passenger plane on a domestic flight in Thailand crashed shortly after takeoff from the capital Bangkok's main airport on Thursday afternoon, the country's civil aviation authority said. All nine people on board apparently died. Rescue workers found no survivors at the crash site in a mangrove swamp in Chachoengsao province, about 40 kilometers from the airport.