Chiang mai: Security remains tight over the area where the Royal Thai Air Force plane crashed; efforts are underway to move the bodies of the two pilots. Authorities are still securing the area after an AT-6 light attack aircraft crashed in Chom Thong District, Chiang Mai, and are attempting to retrieve the bodies of the two pilots.

According to Thai News Agency, authorities are still cordoning off the area around the crashed AT-6 light attack aircraft of the Royal Thai Air Force's 41st Wing in Chom Thong District, Chiang Mai Province. A 100-meter radius around the crash site, located in a wooded area near Huai Muang Fang Sai village in Mae Soi Subdistrict, has been cordoned off for safety reasons, as the ejection system's ignition point is still present and could potentially cause a second explosion.

Authorities have found the bodies of the two pilots, who died trapped inside the wreckage, and are in the process of retrieving them. Reports indicate the plane was upside down, which may have prevented the pilots from ejecting. Experts and forensic investigators will need to examine the scene to determine the exact cause. Meanwhile, local residents reported seeing the plane circling, as if the pilots were trying to steer it away from populated areas.

The AT-6 aircraft entered service at Wing 41 on September 4th last year and recently performed an air show on National Children's Day.