PMT Air flight 241 departed the Angkor temple town of Siem Reap (REP) at around 10:00. The Antonov 24 carried out a scheduled flight to Sihanoukville (KOS). The airplane crashed in mountainous terrain near Sihanoukville. Reportedly the wreckage was located by helicopters, without any sign of survivors.

Sourcers:
AFP, Reuters, Kyodo

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* Last fatal Antonov 24 accident : 19 JAN 2006 Slovak Air Force An-24, near Hejce, Hungary - 42 fatalities
* Total number of Antonov 24 hull-losses: 138 (125 accidents, 12 other occurrences (sabotage, ground fire etc.) and one unknown occurrence), of which 86 losses were fatal
* 61st worst An-24 accident (should there be no survivors)

 

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Progress Multitrade Co., Ltd, doing business as PMT Air received a Cambodian Air Operator Certificate in October 2003. It is also an approved AMO (Aircraft Maintenance Organization. It currently operates a Boeing 737-200, an MD-80, an Antonov 24 and two Antonov 12 and one ATR-72.
* web: http://pmtair.com
* Last accident: 21 NOV 2005 PMT Air Yunshuji Y-7, Ratanakiri-Ban Lung Airport, Cambodia- 0 fatalities

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* Last civil hull-loss accident: 21 NOV 2005 PMT Air Yunshuji Y-7, Ratanakiri-Ban Lung Airport, Cambodia- 0 fatalities
* Last fatal civil hull-loss accident: 03 SEP 1997 Vietnam Airlines Tupolev 134, Phnom Penh, Cambodia- 65 fatalities
* The country is not yet rated in FAA's International Aviation Safety Assessment Program (IASA)

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