Wang Yai News Today

An army truck carrying the wrecked Black Hawk helicopter away from its crash-landing site in Songkhla was involved in an accident while passing another trailer truck in Khao Chaison district, Phatthalung province, on Sunday evening.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday ordered a formal investigation into the crash landing of a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk in Songkhla yesterday which left seven people on board injured, including the 4th Army Region commander.

The wreckage of the army's Black Hawk helicopter that crash-landed in a rubber plantation in Thepha district, Songkhla province, on Friday was removed from crash site to Ingkhayuthaboriharn military camp in Pattani province on Saturday night, according to local media reports.

The commander of the 4th Army Region and six other soldiers were injured when an army helicopter crashed into a tree during an emergency landing in Thepha district of Songkhla on Friday morning.

Brighton College Bangkok, part of the Brighton College family of international schools and is a sister school to Brighton College UK, was recently announced as ‘UK School of the Decade’ by The Sunday Times. There are currently six Brighton College schools in the United Kingdom, Abu Dhabi, Al-Ain, Bangkok, Dubai, and Singapore.

Brighton College Bangkok is delighted to be shortlisted for the International School Award for Community Building which recognises a school initiative that involves pupils working with external groups to help build stronger connections. Our pupil-led Community Critters initiative was recognised for addressing challenges that the local Wang Yai community face through a mutually beneficial relationship rather than one of a prescriptive nature.